Danielle Steel’s latest novel POWER PLAY debuted at number 1 on the New York Times Hardcover fiction list for the week of March 30, 2014. Delacorte published the book March 13, 2014.
Former President Jimmy Carter appeared on the March 25, 2014 episode of The Colbert Report to discuss his new book A CALL TO ACTION: Women, Religion, Violence and Power. Simon & Schuster published the book March 25, 2014.
Scott Eyman’s biography on JOHN WAYNE has received two rave reviews. In her review in the The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani raves that “What this book does expertly is give the reader a spirited portrait of John Wayne...while doing a nimble job of charting his growing mastery of his craft.” In his review in the The New York Times Book Review, Peter Bogdonavich called the book “authoritative and enormously engaging” Simon and Schuster published the book on April 1, 2014.
A native of Los Angeles, California, Kirby attended Harvard-Westlake high school then went to Pomona College where he was a PPE (Philosophy, Politics, and Economics) major. He spent the year after graduation teaching English in South Korea and when he returned moved to San Francisco to get his JD at UC Hastings College of the Law.
10% HAPPIER debuted at #2 on the New York Times Hardcover Non-fiction Bestsellers list. It also reached #23 on the IndiBound list, #30 on Amazon (weekly), #8 on Publishers Weekly’s list, #46 on USA Today, and #6 in the Wall Street Journal. IT books published the book March 11, 2014.
CYCLE OF LIES debuted at number 21 on the New York Times Hardcover non-fiction Bestseller list for the week ending March 23, 2014. Harper published the book March 4, 2014.
ALL OUR NAMES received a rave review on the front page of the February 23, 2014 New York Times Book Review. The review says that “You can’t turn the pages fast enough, and when you’re done, your first impulse is to go back to the beginning and start over.” Knopf published the book March 13, 2014.
Called by George Stephanopoulos, “A spiritual adventure from a master storyteller.” 10% HAPPIER takes readers on a ride from the outer reaches of neuroscience to the inner sanctum of network news to the bizarre fringes of America’s spiritual scene, and leaves them with a takeaway that could actually change their lives. The book is already in its fifth printing and the author has been interviewed in The New York Time Bits blog and by The Huffington Post. IT books published the book March 11, 2014.
Juliet Macur’s CYCLE OF LIES: The Fall of Lance Armstrong received an excellent review in the New York Times. The review calls the book “compelling” and “sharply observed” and says that “Cycle of Lies” is a scrupulously reported and sourced book.” Harper published the book March 4, 2014.
The announcement on her son Christopher Rice’s podcast, The Dinner Party Show, that Anne Rice would be continuing the adventures of the vampire Lestat was written up in the New York Times and The Guardian. Knopf will publish PRINCE LESTAT in October. Her most recent novel, THE WOLVES OF MIDWINTER was also published by Knopf on October 15, 2013.