BIG NEWS About 3 Local Authors

I've got great news about 3 of our local authors!  The 1st is an email from Meg Waite Clayton about a an honor she received  .  The 2nd is a Facebook post from Balcony7 about a very unique recognition for Ann Bridges.  And the 3rd is an announcement regarding the OWN's plans to create a TV show out of Natalie Baszile's Queen Sugar.

1.  I just learned from HarperCollins that The Race for Paris  has received the David J. Langum, Sr. Prize for American Historical Fiction Honorary Mention--the only book to receive this honor for 2015. Prior-year honoraries include Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks. Pretty humbling...

I also want you to be the first to see the The Race for Paris  paperback cover! It looks a lot like the hardcover, and it's not final till it's final, but I love what they've done. (It has that lovely "National Bestseller" on it.)

The paperback doesn't come out until August, but I'll be getting around the country for more events starting next month. There's a regularly updated schedule on my website, and we're still adding events.  I hope you'll join me if I get to your neck of the woods; I love being virtually connected, but there is nothing like being able to say hello in person.

Happy 2016!

Warmly,
Meg

2.  Congrats to B7 author Ann Bridges. Silicon Valley novel Private Offerings makes WealthManagement Magazine's Top 10 List of Business Books in 2015: "This novel captures the intensity of the Silicon Valley business world and its arcane financial practices with appealing characters, unrelenting action and depictions of high finance and corporate boardroom dynamics that ring true." ~ John Kador

Use this link to read the entire article, published 12/21/15 on wealthmanagement.com>> http://wealthmanagement.com/in…/10-best-business-books-2015…

Get Your Copy Today in either jacketed hardcover, softcover, or eBook formats with one click to Amazon right here >> http://www.amazon.com/…/B00V7D9…/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1

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3.  The OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) has just announced their 1st casting choice for the TV production of Natalie Baszile's Queen Sugar.  We don't know the timing yet, but they can't film without a cast!  And, by the way, the word "Perfect" was written by Natalie on the OWN's Facebook page.

Perfect.

OWN's Ava DuVernay Drama 'Queen Sugar' Taps 'True Blood' Favorite to Star

Rutina Wesley will play a journalist/activist in the scripted series based on based on Natalie Baszile's novel.

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