Love this author’s brilliant writing and her book, The Angry Woman Suite, was an exceptionally well written, well crafted story.
The above header is a San Diego U-T headline, and I’m the “debut novelist.” The Angry WomanSuite (also a Discovery Award winner and Kirkus Critics’ Pick) is my baby—and I am still walking on air after winning the 2013 SanDiegoBookAward forBestMystery last weekend AND then the GeiselAwardfor“best of the best.”
I’m still saying to myself, Really?
I went to the awards ceremony intending only to show my appreciation to the San Diego Book Awards Association for moving my historical-psychological mystery novel forward to finalist status—and was SURE I’d be home in bed with dog and book by 9 PM—in fact, couldn’t wait to get home to bed, book, and dog. I didn’t even prepare comments (and preparing for every eventuality (tsunamis, malaria outbreaks, stock market plunges) is part of my job—er, makeup; Felix Unger has nothing on me), but that’s how sure…
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The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap 
Love the hat, gotta read the book. 🙂
I read her book and loved it. Then we became friends. She found and rescued her sweet dog, Baby Rae, in Mexico and wrote about it at her blog site. It’s a wonderful rescue story and the two of them are inseparable. She’s a wonderful woman and writer. 🙂 And, yeah, that’s a cool hat.
Sounds like an interesting person, I’ll have to check out the rest of her blog. 🙂
🙂 She doesn’t post very much but her story with Baby Rae is wonderful.
Hey, Baby Rae is a gorgeous cattle dog like Gita and Tara! 🙂
Love it!!! wag wag
LOL & BOL! q(❂‿❂)p
Very impressive, this award and the Kirkus review.
Her writing is impressive. And, she’s a lovely woman.
Big congrats to her. It’s exciting to know her debut has also bagged an award!
Awards, please 🙂
Yes, and she is so deserving as a writer and lovely woman. Some day yours, Uzoma! 🙂
Aw, thank you!
🙂
Sounds great, looks great, and hears great… all that is left for now is to read what can’t be anything but great with all that winning. Thanks for putting me on to this debut novelist Paulette. JJ
My pleasure. She’s a class act. 🙂
Thanks for the re-blog. The book sounds good! You next?
Don’t I wish. I aspire to write as well as Lee Fullbright does. Not easy to get a good kirkus review and this acclaim. My pleasure for the re-blog.
Kudos. Bravo. Well deserved!
Very kind of you to say. Thank you on behalf of Lee Fullbright. 🙂
Congrats to the lady 🙂
Very nice of you to say, Ghia. 🙂
Well done from the lady
Yes, thank you. 🙂
Wonderful! Congratulations! Let the awards keep rolling in, Girlfriend!
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