‘Thank You for Being a Friend’
USA Today best-selling author Wade Rouse’s latest novel, “That’s What Friends Are For” (MIRA, $28.99), is the first he’s published under his own name instead of his pseudonym, Viola …
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No pouting here
For children’s book author Deborah Diesen, “The Pout-Pout Fish” is the gift that keeps on giving.
Lyn Farrell kicks off new series of Michigan-based books
Having written 11 books set in Tennessee and another set in Wisconsin, author Lyn Farrell was encouraged to set her latest novel in Michigan — specifically Charlevoix, where she owns property. …
New historical fiction novel centers on survival and sacrifice during WWII
Grand Rapids author Christopher Cosmos likens reading to traveling. “I love to travel. In so many ways, reading a story is simply traveling, oftentimes to a place you can’t physically get to …
Okemos author releases latest middle-grade novel
When asked what inspired her to write for a living, Okemos author Christina Wyman didn’t have an answer. “I get that question all the time, especially when I visit schools. The answer is, I …
Okemos author releases latest middle-grade novel
When asked what inspired her to write for a living, Okemos author Christina Wyman didn’t have an answer. “I get that question all the time, especially when I visit schools. The answer …
Breaking his ‘Silence’
Tony Award-nominated actor Anthony Heald, a Michigan State University alumnus, called his audition process for the acclaimed 1991 horror-thriller “The Silence of the Lambs” a “very, very …
Bearing ‘Witness’ — Author J.C. Vande Zande discusses Michigan-set horror novel
After completing “The Dance of Rotten Sticks,” his first gothic horror novel, author J.C. Vande Zande discovered he wasn’t quite finished with the Fletcher family. This compelled him to …
‘Hamilton’ actress to star in Sandra Seaton’s ‘Sally: A Solo Play’ at Wharton
After writing three bodies of work about Sally Hemings — a woman who was enslaved under President Thomas Jefferson and is widely recognized as the mother of several of his children — East Lansing …
Darci Hannah launches new cozy mystery novel at Schuler Books
By her own admission, Darci Hannah never wanted to be a writer. “I’ve always been a reader,” the Howell-based author said. “However, I remember thinking after reading a really good book, …