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By Shannon Yarbrough on May 16, 2012
Jon Marshall is a Brisbane dermatologist who lasers bananas as well as he does skin and has a penchant for making even simple situations more complicated. From Ash–his running buddy–to Katie–his coffee friend–to Lily–his daughter known affectionately as the Bean–Jon tries to keep the women in his life in neat compartments but ultimately finds that poetry readings, errant cats, and the Lemonheads all make life what it is–messy and blurry and vibrant.
Posted in Literary, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged contemporary fiction, contemporary humor, exciting press, nick earls, parenthood fiction, perfect skin |
By Shannon Yarbrough on May 16, 2012
Tell us a little about your book. Small time drug deals, touring with the Grateful dead, and a passion for growing pot filled my world before I met Greg. But the first time I got off a flight, strolled over to the baggage claim in my carefully chosen new outfit and picked up two brand [...]
Posted in Interviews | Tagged addiction memoir, jen smith, memoir, sick |
By Shannon Yarbrough on May 16, 2012
Tell us a little about your book. The novel opens in June 2026, in an alternate future in which the Soviet Union has won the Cold War and occupies most of the former United States, now known as the Soviet States of America. Two MIT professors have discovered a subatomic particle that can accelerate matter [...]
Posted in Interviews | Tagged greg ahlgren, prologue |
By Shannon Yarbrough on May 14, 2012
Tell us a little about your book. The book is a unique compilation of examples of pop culture, history, social media, business, sports, and education all explained through an economic lens. It uses current market trends and examples that can be applicable and enjoyable for anyone. It is written in a narrative non-fiction format so [...]
Posted in Interviews | Tagged ec·o·nom·ics: a simple twist on normalcy, kersten l. kelly |
By Shannon Yarbrough on May 12, 2012
Plymouth Rock is bleeding. Day has turned to night. Hundred-pound hailstones level buildings. The small town of Clement seems cursed, and the residents know who’s to blame: the new kid, Tony Marino. After losing his family and his home, 14-year-old Tony is forced to move from Florida to Massachusetts to attend Kalos Academy, an unconventional [...]
Posted in Interviews | Tagged dave becker, faustian host |
By Shannon Yarbrough on May 10, 2012
Tell us a little about your book. Guilty Pleasures is about couples who fulfill their wildest fantasies without thinking about the consequences. For example, Hasan Walker is a married man who falls in love with an exotic dancer. He starts a blown out affair while his wife has an affair of her own with her [...]
Posted in Interviews | Tagged guilty pleasures, niyah moore |
By Shannon Yarbrough on May 8, 2012
Tell us a little about your book. It’s a humorous mystery novel in which wealthy patriarch James Boyle is murdered in a bizarre fashion, and his relatives gather for the reading of his will. One by one, they start to die. A pair of amateur detectives, namely long-lost Boyle relative Bradley Smith, and a friend [...]
Posted in Interviews | Tagged a will to murder, hilary thomson |
By Shannon Yarbrough on May 7, 2012
I really really wanted to like this book, and I was totally enthralled by the first half of it. I love a good mystery where the lead character is not a police investigator or FBI detective. Here, we have Elle Bramasol who is a true crime writer who is elicited by a big Hollywood director named Eliot Kingman to write his story after he ends up in prison for the murder of one of his researchers.
Posted in Horror/Supernatural, Mystery/Suspense, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged b.e. scully, modern day vampire, vampire diary, vampire fiction, vampire true crime, verland, verland: the transformation |
By Shannon Yarbrough on May 6, 2012
Tell us a little about your book. The Angry Woman Suite, a Kirkus Critics’ Pick, is modern historical suspense (most of the action takes place in the 1930s and 1950s) with elements of coming-of-age, and of course a love story at its core, about a celebrity double murder at the turn of the 20th century, [...]
Posted in Interviews | Tagged lee fullbright, the angry woman suite |
