Nov 162009
Writing Contests and Awards
Gabrielle Luthy’s The Lake Effect ms is a finalist in the Golden Rose and Launching A Star contests, as well as a double finalist in the Wallflower contest. Her ms, Learning How To Stay, is also a Launching A Star finalist.
Contract, Sales and Career
Random House sold large-print rights to The Last Will of Moira Leahy by Therese Walsh to Thorndike.
Promotions and Giveaways
Check out Kate Austin’s website (www.kateaustin.ca) for this month’s contest. Vancouver is in the Wet and one lucky entrant will win a brand-new umbrella!
Michelle Diener writes historical novels for Gallery Books. Her debut novel, IN A TREACHEROUS COURT, due out on August 2nd, 2011, is set in the court of Henry VIII. It features the real historical figures of illuminator and painter, Susanna Horenbout, and Henry's Keeper of the Palace of Westminster and Yeoman of the King's Robes, John Parker. The second book in this series, KEEPER OF THE KING'S SECRETS, is set for an early 2012 release.
