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July 1-31, 2008 EDITION



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Video Interviews 2008

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Katie Gilligan, Editor Thomas Dunne Books, New York Kimberla Lawson Roby Nan A. Talese Elizabeth George, bestselling author
Kathleen (Katie) Gilligan, Associate Editor at Thomas Dunne Books, Talks About Acquiring Projects In The Internet Age
An exclusive Authorlink VIDEO Interview
July 2008

NY Times Bestselling Author Kimberla Lawson Roby
Began as a Self-Published Author
An exclusive Authorlink VIDEO Interview
with the author of Sin No More (William Morrow/HarperCollins, 2008)

Creating Pictures In The Mind: Nan Talese
Publishes Books for a Global World

An exclusive Authorlink VIDEO Interview
With Nan A. Talese, Senior Vice President
of Doubleday/Random House

New York Times Bestselling Author
Elizabeth George
, best-known for her Inspector Linley mystery series on BBC TV and in 16 novels, talks about overcoming her fear of rejection on the long road to publication, and about her latest book, Careless in Red (HarperCollins, May 2008) in this exclusive Authorlink VIDEO interview.

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Brand new short stories by New York Times bestselling authors, and other top authors! Short stories you've never read before. Famous authors reveal secrets they've never told about your favorite characters, answer unsolved riddles from their novels, share alternate endings, new beginnings and more! READ from Authorlink CelebWire, or on virtually any cell phone via MPS Mobile's Global Reader. It's all just a few clicks away!
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New York Times Bestselling Author Heather Graham (Video Interview)
Now READ her FREE original short story Blood Drops!
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Now READ her FREE original Ghosts in Bright Sunlight,
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Audio/July 2008

Film and book agent Irene Webb at Variety party 
At a Vanity Fair party  in NYC, HarperCollins Publisher Jane Friedman,left; Irene Webb, center, and an author Burt Boyer celebrate a HarperCollins book excerpted by Vanity Fair.
Irene Webb Talks About Her Latest
Four Book-to-Film Productions

An Authorlink Exclusive AUDIO Interview
with the CEO of Irene Webb Literary Film
Representation & Publishing

July 2008
Stacey Barney, New York Editor
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July 2008

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Text/July 2008


M.P.Barker
How Elizabeth Bunce Makes
Rumpelstiltskin Retelling Come Alive

An exclusive Authorlink interview with the author
of A Curse Dark As Gold (Arthur A. Levine, 2008) 

by Susan VanHecke
July 2008
Kathryn Harrison
Between the Lines
Jerry B. Jenkins, author of Riven (Tyndale House, July 2008) discusses his 175th book, his writing life, and the “crucible” of the novelist.

by Karen Heise
July 2008

Meg Wolitzer on her latest book

Meg Wolitzer Explores Emotional
Landscape of the Family in Her Latest Book

An exclusive Authorlink interview with the author
of The Ten-Year Nap (Riverhead, March 2008)

by Ellen Birkett Morris
July 2008


 

Skill BuildingSKILL BUILDING

  • The Art of Fiction
    Your First Word
    What's the first word in your fiction?
    by Lisa Lenard Cook
    July 2008

  • Tip: Catch Lisa Cook's online class
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  • Your Life as Story: Writing Narrative Nonfiction
    The Age of Memoir
    Really listen to those memories you are conjuring.
    by Lisa Dale Norton
    July 2008

    Lisa Dale Norton Tip: Catch Lisa Norton's online class
    discussion on Authorlink this Fall!
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  • Writing Prompts
    There are times when you have something so pressing
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    by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro
    July 2008

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