As promised...

The cover for my ninth book, ALONG FOR THE RIDE.

It will be released in June 2009. More details to come!

November appearance!

I'll be doing a benefit for the Women's Center of Chapel Hill on November 6th with the AMAZING Lee Smith, author of On Agate Hill, The Last Girls and Fair and Tender Ladies. Lee and I are old friends, so it should be a great time. For more info on tickets and times, check out the Women's Center Website.

This just in...

....I will have a NEW book out in Summer 2009. It's going to be called ALONG FOR THE RIDE and I'll post more details here---and a cover---as soon as I have them. Stay tuned!

(Here is an article from PW with a few more details....)

reading at Durham County Library

I'll be reading at the North Regional Library in Durham this coming Saturday, the 21st, at 2pm. (It's located at 221 Milton Road.) So if you're looking for something cool to do during this hot summer, come out and say hello....

Lock and Key now a bestseller!

Thanks to EVERYONE who came out for my appearances, Lock and Key hit the New York Times Bestseller list at #2. Hooray! I am so grateful to all of you for your support and kind words, you have no idea.

I'm home now, done with the traveling, and trying to unpack while chasing around my daughter, who just learned to crawl and is now FAST. I'm exhausted! But in a good way.

Oops, there she goes again. Gotta go! Thanks again!

Lock and Key reading dates!

So I finally have the go ahead to post my reading dates for Lock and Key. They are:


Monday April 21, 7:00PM
Regulator Bookshop
720 Ninth Street
Durham NC 27705
919-286-2700

Friday, April 25, 4:30PM
Politics & Prose
5015 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington DC 2000
202-364-1919

Thursday May 1, 3:30 PM
Barnes & Noble #1955
7660 North Point Parkway
Alpharetta GA 30022
770-993-2770

Thursday May 1, 7:00 PM
Georgia Center for the Book/Margaret Mitchell House
Event held at The Decatur Library
215 Sycamore Street
Decatur GA 30030
404-814-2064

Saturday May 3, 3:00PM
Quail Ridge Books & Music
3522 Wade Avenue
Raleigh NC 27607
919-828-7912

Sunday May 18, 2:00PM
McIntyre’s Fine Books
2000 Fearrington Village Center
Pittsboro NC 27312
919-545-5727

It's not a ton of dates, as I can't bear to leave my baby for too long, but I hope some of you can come out to say hello...

Upcoming April Reading!

Okay, so I am FINALLY getting back into the swing of things, with Lock and Key coming out April 22nd. And I can't think of a better way to start than with a reading at one of my very favorite places, UNC-Chapel Hill. The details:

When: Saturday, April 5, 10am
Where: Hanes Art Auditorium, on the UNC Campus

You can get more info and directions here.

Info on other upcoming events coming soon.....

read an excerpt from Lock and Key!

Happy New Year!

Things are starting to gear up for the release of my newest novel, Lock and Key, which will be published on April 22nd. I'll have lots of stuff to tell you about as the date gets closer, but for now, you can read the first chapter
here. Just scroll down and click on FEATURES.

Hope you enjoy it! And stay tuned, more news to come.......