Authors
Amy Wallen
MoonPies and Movie Stars
A great tale of family, life, and antics on the road from Texas to California. Completely captivating, the characters become real, personalities shine. The plot moves with naturally no noticeable manipulation. Incidents, road trip and mishaps are hilarious. Humor rides above a truly humanistic story that tugs at the heartstrings. Pick up this book for a thoroughly enjoyable read.
Milton Watts
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This anthology of stories and poetry chronicles one man’s life and eight decades of East Texas history. Humorous, witty and glaringly honest he identifies himself through the years as a soldier, cowboy, businessman, family man, raconteur and poet. His unguarded, eclectic style hits its target as he narrates the highs and lows experienced during his long and active life. A great introduction into the liquid lifestyle of the East Texas region.
Available at Beauty and the Book, Jefferson, Texas
Rebecca Wells
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: A Novel
Iconic story of a woman in her 40s who rediscovers herself in her mother’s life story as told by lifelong friends, her mother’s chosen “sisters.” Made into a hit movie, starring Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn and James Garner.
David Wilkinson
Not Between Brothers
Three decades of Texas history told variously from the viewpoint of White Americans, Mexicans, and American Indians. The author an admirable job of balancing these historic perspectives to give a rich, true, accurate accounting of Texas history. The history of Texas is the history of the West. Western expansion is the basic story of our entire nation. This is a superbly researched and engrossing novel.
Lisa Wingate
Larkspur Cove
Lisa Wingate is an award-winning journalist, magazine columnist, popular inspirational speaker and a national bestselling author of 16 books. Her first mainstream novel, Tending Roses, is in its 15th printing from Penguin Putnam. Tending Roses is a staple on the shelves of national bookstore chains as well as many independent bookstores. Tending Roses was also cited as an example in uber-agent and writing instructor, Donald Maass’s workbook, Writing the Breakout Novel.
Recently, Wingate’s Blue Sky Hill Series, set in Dallas, has received national attention with back-to-back nominations by American Christian Fiction Writers Book of the Year Award for A Month of Summer (2009) and A Summer Kitchen (2010). Pithy, emotional, and uplifting, Wingate’s stories bring to life characters so real that fans often write to ask what is happening to them after the book ends.
Wingate is one of a select group of authors to find success in both the Christian and mainstream markets, writing for both Bethany House, a Christian publisher, and NAL Penguin Putnam, in mainstream fiction. Her bestselling books have become a hallmark of inspirational southern fiction. Her works have been featured by the National Reader's Club of America, AOL Book Pics, Doubleday Book Club, the Literary Guild, American Profiles and have been chosen for the LORIES best Published Fiction Award.
When not busy dreaming up stories, Lisa spends time on the road as a motivational speaker. Via Internet, she shares with readers as far away as India, where her book, Tending Roses, has been used to promote women's literacy, and as close to home as Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the county library system used Tending Roses to help volunteer mentors teach adults to read. Recently, the group Americans for More Civility, a kindness watchdog organization, selected Lisa along with Bill Ford, Camille Cosby, and six others, as recipients of the National Civies Award, which celebrates public figures who work to promote greater kindness and civility in American life.
In celebration of Girlfriend Weekend, 2011, Lisa and her publishers are offering a “Read Like a Queen” contest in which the winners will receive a Girlfriend Getaway at Pulpwood Queens GFW 2011! For more information and to enter, go to www.Lisawingate.com
Franz Wisner
Honeymoon with My Brother: A Memoir
Dumped just days before his expected wedding day and demoted at work, a man drags his brother to Costa Rica on what was to be his honeymoon trip. Reviving their immature childhood relationship, the two men, both demoralized by their lives, take off on a two year excursion around the world. This book appeals to most of us who have passed the younger stages of our lives and have felt the sting of life’s disappointments.