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Author Perk: talking with Australians
Here's a quick interview with Australia's Culture Street which I like because it manages to include both Wallace Stevens and Bruce Springsteen.
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From Counting Worms to Writing Novels
Laura talks about her childhood in Spokane, and writing 'Round Midnight, with her childhood newspaper.
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‘Round Midnight re-titled In the Midnight Room in paperback
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In the Midnight Room is an IndieNext pick
More than 700 booksellers chose 'Round Midnight (In the Midnight Room) as one of the 20 books they were most excited to share with customers in May 2017.
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Literary Mama: “That risk resonates for me.”
Marianne Lonsdale talked with Laura about her writing life. "I'm concerned with two risks for my novels. The first is that people will dislike the story and criticize my writing.…
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In the Midnight Room makes Best of 2017 lists
Books On the Table writer puts 'Round Midnight on his list of very favorite 2017 books, because “the writing is gorgeous and the story is perfectly paced and constructed.” Popular NPR…
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A national tour for In the Midnight Room
Touchstone Books sent Laura on an 18-city national tour for 'Round Midnight in May 2017.
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Off the Shelf: “A new kind of Great American Novel”
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BookPage: “Haunting and unpredictable . . . a jewel of a novel”
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We Are Called to Rise a popular One Book choice
There's nothing that honors a book like being chosen for a One Book program. And not much that challenges an author more either! Here's an interview about these wonderfully engaging programs. We Are Called…
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Washington Independent: “How much hope dare I feel?”
Laura tells Martha Anne Toll that being published at 50 “turns my world upside-down. Because I didn’t think it was possible. And if it is possible, then what else is…
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KNPR: “Exploring a history of racism in Las Vegas”
"I’m not trying in these books to reveal one character or one life. I’m trying to come up with an image for the whole thing. That we’re all on this…
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Las Vegas Review-Journal: “Explosive and beautiful possibilities”
John Przybys talks with Laura about the experience she hopes her readers have. In the video, she says, "I get to step into another human being's world."
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WGNA: “To see the world out of someone else’s eyes”
Steve Richards asks Laura about a novel that is “brilliantly conceived and passionately written.”
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WCBS: “I wonder who else has been in this nightclub”
Lisa Tschernkowitsch notes that “love for a child, and also the love that a child has for a mother, really pulls everyone together” in 'Round Midnight.