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BEA 2015: Matt Burriesci: In Praise of Thinking
Motivated by the birth of his first child, Matt Burriesci revisited the established canon of classical literature and wrote a book-length letter to his daughter, titling it, provocatively, "Dead White Men" (Cleis Press/Viva Editions).
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BEA 2015: Alex Brunkhorst: A Window on the Wealthy
Always write about what you know is a time honored writer's mantra. What Alex Brunkhorst knows is the world of lavish estates and the opulent lifestyle that comes with them.
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BEA 2015: Geraldine Brooks Plays King David's Secret Chord
While Geraldine Brooks built her career as a roving journalist, covering global hot spots like the Middle East and the Balkans, she is also renowned as a fiction writer who reaches into the past to write critically acclaimed novels.
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BEA 2015: Raymond Barfield: Inspired by Listening
Dr. Raymond Barfield, a pediatric oncologist and associate professor of philosophy at Duke Divinity School, credits the protagonist of his novel, "The Book of Colors" (Unbridled Books), for helping him learn to be his best in all aspects of his life.
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BEA 2015: Corban Addison: Writing on the World Stage
Corban Addison writes novels that speak to the human condition and focus on people who act on the world stage, who face struggles that speak to the great injustices occurring around the globe.
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BEA 2015: Dan Marshall: You Can Go Home Again
One can't help thinking that Dan Marshall would be Dave Eggers's and David Sedaris's literary love child, if they were to have one.
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BEA 2015: J. Ryan Stradal: A Love Letter to His Homeland
Although J. Ryan Stradal lives in Los Angeles, he left his heart in Minnesota. The Hastings, Minn., native moved to L.A. 16 years ago and found work in the entertainment industry.
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BEA 2015: Karin Slaughter: Reading on a Roller-coaster
Karin Slaughter, who recently announced a four-book publishing agreement with HarperCollins, returns to BEA to sign the first in the deal, "Pretty Girls" (Sept.).
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BEA 2015: Peter Langman: Making School Safe
Psychologist Peter Langman became an expert on a difficult aspect of human nature when he started evaluating potentially violent students in the immediate aftermath of the devastating 1999 Columbine High School shootings.
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BEA 2015: Dirk Lammers: Waiting for the Mets No-Hitter
The New York Mets have been frustrating their fans for 53 years.
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BEA 2015: Al Roker: Perfect Storm
Well-known TV meteorologist Al Roker, cohost and weather anchor of NBC's Today show and cohost of the Weather Channel's Wake Up with Al, covers major storms all over the country.
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BEA 2015: Ottessa Moshfegh: Challenging the Reader
Ottessa Moshfegh has a solid reputation as a short story writer, so her first novel, Eileen (Penguin Press, Aug.), is sure to draw some attention.
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BEA 2015: Maira Kalman: Homage to Pete
Pete, an Irish Wheaton Terrier, was Maira Kalman's first and, to date, only dog.
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BEA 2015: Margee Kerr: Laughing with the Zombies
Every Halloween, hordes descend upon Pittsburgh's ScareHouse, wandering through its elaborately chilling sets in search of adrenaline-spiked terror.
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BEA 2015: Garth Risk Hallberg: Debut Author on Fire
Garth Risk Hallberg is surprisingly low key for an author whose debut novel, "City on Fire" (Knopf, Oct.), sold for just under $2 million in a two-day, 10-bidder auction and has been selected as one of this year's Buzz Picks.
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BEA 2015: Kate Gavino: A Graphic Lit Lover
Kate Gavino is almost literally the poster woman for authors and independent bookstores.
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BEA 2015: Tom Foreman: On the Run
During a Thanksgiving meal in 2010, CNN correspondent Tom Foreman was surprised when his then 18-year-old daughter, Ronnie, asked him to run a marathon with her that spring.
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BEA 2015: Melissa Cistaro: Picking Up the Pieces
Melissa Cistaro, the events coordinator at Book Passage in Corte Madera, Calif., has lived a child's worst nightmare: she and her two brothers were abandoned by their mother.
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Linda Castillo: Murder in Amish Ohio
As you read Linda Castillo’s seventh book in her Kate Burkholder series, "After the Storm," think about this: when Castillo was nine years old, her father bought a tiny piglet for a dollar, and the family called it Pinky.
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China at BEA 2015: A Yi Broadens His Audience
When I first encountered A Yi at a local literary festival many years ago, he was presented to me as a writer of criminal novels.
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