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Susan Wittig Albert
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in Maywood, Illinois, The United States
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Thyme of Death (China Bayles, #1)
— published 1992 — 7 editions |
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Hangman's Root (China Bayles, #3)
— published 1994 — 4 editions |
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The Tale of Hill Top Farm (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, #1)
— published 2004 — 11 editions |
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Witches' Bane (China Bayles, #2)
— published 1993 — 3 editions |
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Chile Death (China Bayles, #7)
— published 1998 — 10 editions |
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Lavender Lies (China Bayles, #8)
— published 1999 — 10 editions |
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Rueful Death (China Bayles, #5)
— published 1996 — 7 editions |
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Rosemary Remembered (China Bayles, #4)
— published 1995 — 7 editions |
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A Dilly of a Death (China Bayles, #12)
— published 2004 — 15 editions |
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Bloodroot (China Bayles, #10)
— published 2001 — 11 editions |
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Summer's here--I could tell, even if we hadn't had a two-week string of 100-degree days. The ripe mesquite beans are...
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The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree
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The country may be struggling through the Great Depression, but the good ladies of Darling, Alabama, are determined to keep their chins up and their town beautiful. Their garden club, the Darling Dahlias, has just inherited a new clubhouse and garden, complete with two beautiful cucumber trees in full bloom.
But life in Darling is not all garden parties and pretty dresses.
When local blond bombshell Bunny Scott is found in a suspicious car wreck, the Dahlias decide to dig into the town's buried secrets, and club members Lizzy, Ophelia, and Verna soon find leads sprouting up faster than weeds. The town is abuzz with news of an escaped convict from the prison farm, rumors of trouble at the bank, and tales of a ghost heard digging around the cucumber tree. If anyone can get to the root of these mysteries, it's the Darling Dahlias.
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| This collection of letters (1915-1917, 1950-1968) is a fascinating revelation of Georgia O'Keeffe before she became Stieglitz's protegee, a successful artist, and (finally) a legend. Anita Pollitzer was the door through which O'Keeffe passed to all h ...more | |
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Hi, Jerry--and thank you for the compliment. Yes, I'm a writer. You can see my work here: www.susanalbert.com. You can also find me on Goodreads. And
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| In 1974-75, John Poling helped Georgia O'Keeffe (blinded by macular degeneration) create three paintings, two of which were later valued at over $200,000 each. When the painting were shown as O'Keeffe's sole work, Poling tried to get her to acknowled ...more | |
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| Carol Merrill was a graduate student at the University of New Mexico in November, 1972, when she wrote an admiring letter to Georgia O'Keeffe. To her astonishment, the young poet received not only a reply but an invitation to visit. It took months to ...more | |
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| It's not easy to write a book that opens the curtains on the life of an iconic figure. Of all the biographies of Georgia O'Keeffe, this one goes the farthest and deepest into her psychology and personal history. Hogrefe speculates that many of the is ...more | |
“One person's weed is another person's wildflower.”
― Susan Wittig Albert, An Unthymely Death and Other Garden Mysteries
― Susan Wittig Albert, An Unthymely Death and Other Garden Mysteries
“The worst thing about talk ... is that there's no way to lay it to rest. Every fresh breeze brings a new speculation.”
― Susan Wittig Albert, The Tale of Hill Top Farm
― Susan Wittig Albert, The Tale of Hill Top Farm
“Does that mean you're prepared to deal with whatever turns up? People aren't sometimes. When they learn the real truth, they're all of a sudden content to live with a lie.”
― Susan Wittig Albert, Wormwood
― Susan Wittig Albert, Wormwood
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For March 2012 we are going to read one new (to me) series that I pick -- and you are going to pick one of my favorite older series that are still actively being written, by voting here!
China Bayles series #1
Thyme of Death by Susan Wittig Albert,
current rating 3.73, #21 in series will be out in March - herb store
Thyme of Death by Susan Wittig Albert, current rating 3.73, #21 in series will be out in March - herb store
Death on Demand series #1
Death on Demand by Carolyn Hart,
current rating 3.73, #22 in series out in April - bookstore owner
Death on Demand by Carolyn Hart,current rating 3.73, #22 in series out in April - bookstore owner
Meg Langslow series #1
Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews,
current rating 3.85 and #14 in series so far - decorative ironworker
Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews,current rating 3.85 and #14 in series so far - decorative ironworker
Benni Harper series #1
Fool's Puzzle by Earlene Fowler,
current rating 3.86, 15 in series so far - folk art museum curator/quilting
Fool's Puzzle by Earlene Fowler, current rating 3.86, 15 in series so far - folk art museum curator/quilting
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“The writer must have a good imagination to begin with, but the imagination has to be muscular, which means it must be exercised in a disciplined way, day in and day out, by writing, failing, succeeding and revising."
[The Writer's Digest Interview: Stephen King & Jerry B. Jenkins (Jessica Strawser, Writer's Digest, May/June 2009)]”
― Stephen King
[The Writer's Digest Interview: Stephen King & Jerry B. Jenkins (Jessica Strawser, Writer's Digest, May/June 2009)]”
― Stephen King
“Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening children know stories are there. When their elders sit and begin, children are just waiting and hoping for one to come out, like a mouse from its hole.”
― Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings
― Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings
“Stories nurture our connection to place and to each other. They show us where we have been and where we can go. They remind us of how to be human, how to live alongside the other lives that animate this planet. ... When we lose stories, our understanding of the world is less rich, less true.”
― Susan J. Tweit, Walking Nature Home: A Life's Journey
― Susan J. Tweit, Walking Nature Home: A Life's Journey
“The truest art I would strive for in any work would be to give the page the same qualities as earth: weather would land on it harshly, light would elucidate the most difficult truths; wind would sweep away obtuse padding. Finally, the lessons of impermanence taught me this: loss constitutes an odd kind of fullness; despair empties out into an unquenchable appetite for life.”
― Gretel Ehrlich, The Solace of Open Spaces
― Gretel Ehrlich, The Solace of Open Spaces
“The birds and I share a natural history. It is a matter of rootedness, of living inside a place for so long that the mind and imagination fuse.”
― Terry Tempest Williams, Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
― Terry Tempest Williams, Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
Q&A with Susan Albert
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— last activity Nov 21, 2011 11:35AM
...July 20, 2010 to August 16, 2010...
Cozy Mysteries
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For those who love a good cozy mystery while curled up on the couch with a cup of coffee/tea/cocoa and maybe a dog/cat next to them. Please be kind an ...more
Ask Susan Wittig Albert about A WILDER ROSE
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— last activity Jul 01, 2014 10:46PM
Susan will be available Nov. 5-8 (with occasional drop-ins on Nov. 3 & 4) to answer questions and discuss her latest novel, A WILDER ROSE.
Q&A with Susan Wittig Albert
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— last activity Jan 11, 2011 10:46AM
Goodreads Author Susan Wittig Albert will be available March 21 through April 11 to answer your questions about any of the books in the China Bayles m ...more
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Did you know that the long-awaited third volume of Blanche W. Cook's Eleanor Roosevelt is being published November 1, 2016?
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"And thus the riddle of the sphinxA spider web that floats like gossamer"
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