Authors on this morning’s Today show:
Bestseller Gail Sheehy, whose Passages in Caregiving: Turning Chaos into Confidence (Morrow, 978-0061661204, $27.99) is just out this week.
Richard Logan and Tere Duperrault discussed Alone: Orphaned on the Ocean (Titletown Publishing, 978-0982000977, $25.95), which chronicles Duperrault’s 1961 headline-making ordeal.
Former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel, whose Friendship for Grown-Ups: What I Missed and Learned Along the Way (Thomas Nelson, 978-1400202775, $21.99) also pubbed this week.
Deepak Chopra, co-author of The Shadow Effect: Illuminating the Hidden Power of Your True Self (HarperOne, 978-0061962653, $25.99; HarperAudio CD, $29.99), which pubbed this week too.
Authors on today’s Good Morning America:
Carolyn Jessop, whose Triumph: Life After the Cult--A Survivor's Lessons (Broadway, 978-0307590701, $25.99; RH Audio unabridged CD, $30) is out this week.
Fashion and beauty guru Daisy Lewellyn urged Never Pay Retail Again: Shop Smart, Spend Less, and Look Your Best Ever (Gallery, 978-1439167359, $15), also on sale this week.
Wendy Williams hosted soap opera diva Victoria Rowell, whose first novel is Secrets of a Soap Opera Diva (Atria, 978-1439164426, $16).
On The Bob Edwards Show, Isabel Allende talked about her new novel Island Beneath the Sea (Harper, 978-0061988240, $26.99). In a PW Signature Review, Marlon James wrote “Slavery as a subject in fiction is still a high-wire act, but one expects more from Allende.”
Authors on today’s Leonard Lopate Show:
Christopher Corbett showed up with The Poker Bride: The First Chinese in the Wild West (Atlantic Monthly Press, 978-0802119094, $24). PW thought “This unruly book mixes a wonderful mystery- wrapped story with the larger picture of Chinese immigration into the American West.”
Actor, stand-up comedian, writer, and producer Damon Wayans, whose debut novel is Red Hats (Atria, 978-1439164617, $19.99).
Moody Radio's Chris Fabry Live! hosts Laura Petherbridge, co-author of The Smart Stepmom: Practical Steps to Help You Thrive (Bethany House, 978-0764207020, $13.99).
This evening, The Colbert Report talks with Stewart Brand, author of Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto (Viking, 978-0670021215, $25.95).
On The Daily Show: Mario Batali, whose latest is Molto Gusto: Easy Italian Cooking (Ecco, 978-0061924323, $29.99).
Tonight, The Late Show with David Letterman chats with animal rescue advocate Beth Ostrosky Stern, about Oh My Dog: How to Choose, Train, Groom, Nurture, Feed, and Care for Your New Best Friend (Gallery, 978-1439160299, $25.99).
The Mo'Nique Show hosts actress Pam Grier, whose memoir is Foxy: My Life in Three Acts (Grand Central Publishing, 978-0446548502, $24.99). PW wrote “In this prickly autobiography, the iconic actress is almost as hard-nosed toward lovers as her filmic alter -ego was toward enemies.”
Tavis Smiley talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning Alice Walker, author of Overcoming Speechlessness: A Poet Encounters the Horror in Rwanda, Eastern Congo, and Palestine/Israel (Open Media, 978-1583229170, $9.95).
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