All of those starred reviews should have been a clue, but we have to admit that we were absolutely stunned at the number of awards that Edward J. Delaney’s BROKEN IRISH won!
Not only was BROKEN IRISH the New England Book Festival Grand Prize Winner and the winner of the Booklist Editor’s Choice Award, USA Today, The Morning News, and Michael Patrick Brady of The Boston Globe also named the book as one of the best of 2011!
Congratulations, Ted!
…because we have two servings of Fusilli for you today! Jim Fusilli discusses Mafia entertainment with the Wall Street Journal and his “creative midlife crisis” with Author Magazine.
Dennis Lehane now has his own author page on Facebook! “Like” his page to see events, news updates, and the latest about his upcoming novels.
We’re utterly delighted to tell you that C.J. Box has made another year-end best-of list! The Seattle Times chose BACK OF BEYOND as one of 2011′s best mysteries, saying, “Wyoming native Box is a gripping writer and a shrewd observer of his state’s rugged wilderness.”
Laura Whitcomb’s A CERTAIN SLANT OF LIGHT is in some very fine company on Stylist’s list of the 100 best opening lines from books!
We were thrilled when Kirkus named BACK OF BEYOND one of the best books of the year – and now we’re doubly thrilled to tell you that another C.J. Box title has made someone’s best-book list!
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has chosen COLD WIND as one of their favorites for 2011! Check out the full list here.
NARROWS GATE, Jim Fusilli’s sweeping World War II-era epic, is currently #1 in the Amazon Kindle Historical Fiction store!
Following this summer’s popularity of THREE WEEKS TO SAY GOODBYE in the Amazon.co.uk Kindle store, we’re pleased to tell you that not only is BACK OF BEYOND currently the #1 bestseller in the Kindle store, according to The Bookseller, it’s also the #1 selling ebook in the whole UK! Congratulations, Chuck!
Read the rest of this entry » Published last year by Audible as an audiobook original, NARROWS GATE by Jim Fusilli is now available in print thanks to AmazonEncore, the bookselling behemoth’s new publishing imprint. While Bookreporter loved the audio version, they say, “Its second coming in print form is an equal blessing.” More praise after the jump!
When coming up with their list of the best books of 2011, the editor at Kirkus said, “We singled out the books we loved reading most, the ones we would recommend to friends,” so we’re delighted that they included BACK OF BEYOND by C.J. Box! (Now go add it to your list!)