Authors

Jamie Ford

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

My name is James. Yes, I'm a dude. I’m also the New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet—which was, in no particular order, an IndieBound NEXT List Selection, a Borders Original Voices Selection, a Barnes & Noble Book Club Selection, Pennie’s Pick at Costco, a Target Bookmarked Club Pick, and a National Bestseller. It was also named the #1 Book Club Pick for Fall 2009/Winter 2010 by the American Booksellers Association. In addition, Hotel has been translated into 17 languages. I’m still holding out for Klingon (that’s when you know you’ve made it). I’m an alumnus of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers and a survivor of Orson Scott Card's Literary Bootcamp.

Ruth Francisco

The Secret Memoirs of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Novel

A graduate of Swarthmore College, studied voice and drama in New York City and then moved to Los Angeles to work in the film industry. She currently lives in L.A

Kit Frazier

Scoop

is a professional journalist and is the two-time, first-place winner of the Writers’ League of Texas and Merritt awards. She is a member of the Texas Press Association, and is certified in Search & Rescue. She participates in research and training with the FBI and Austin Police Department, which provides lots of opportunities for murder and mayhem, and oh, yeah, some really hot guys. Kit lives on Lake Travis just outside Austin, Texas, with her dog, Tahoe, who plays a significant role in the mystery series, and is willing to work without a contract.

Mindy Friddle

The Garden Angel: A Novel

is a native of South Carolina, where her family has lived for more than two centuries. Her grandmothers still live on the same street in Sans Souci, South Carolina. Her people were lintheads who toiled in textile mills and hardy farmers with poems in their hearts -- no landed gentry in sight -- not a one.
She has received a fellowship in fiction from the South Carolina Academy of Authors, and is a two-time winner of the South Carolina Fiction Project and the Piccolo Spoleto Fiction Open. A former newspaper reporter, she holds a B.A. from Furman University, a Master's degree from the University of South Carolina, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson. She attended Bread Loaf, courtesy of a scholarship program through the Emrys Foundation and recently completed a writer's residency at the Ragdale Foundation. An "Army brat" who lived as an adolescent in Europe, Washington, DC and a variety of other places, she graduated from a high school considered by many to be on the "wrong side of the tracks" in South Carolina.

Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman

Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad

is an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for Texas Monthly. He was one of two independent candidates in the 2006 election for the office of Governor of Texas. Receiving 12.6% of the vote, Friedman placed fourth in the five-party race.