posts by Alison Atlee:
InterviewsDebut-book / Interviews / New Author Interviews2 Comments
I’ve had some concerns by readers who are primarily print readers that the coverage at Dear Author has been too focused on ebooks. When I asked the readers what they were interested in seeing, they responded that they would like to know more about print debut authors. We developed a ... more >
Contests/Giveawaysgiveaway / Interviews / winners14 Comments
WINNERS: From the RITA Best First Book giveaway, Dee F. wins from the group of contemporaries; Amy Kathryn from the historicals; Janet from the paranormals. Check your inboxes! And congratulations to Darynda Jones, who won for First Grave on the Right. ANNOUNCEMENT: I am re-vamping the interview series I do here ... more >
Features / Interviewsbad-boy-romance / Berkley Books / Contemporary / SourceBooks / twins / Young-Adult3 Comments
The 2012 RITA Best First Book interview series concludes with two contemporaries. Read on for some very cool behind-the-scenes stories, and leave a comment if you’ve read either of these books, or would like to win this set. About the nominated books… Beautiful Disaster, by Laura Spinella: Mysterious Flynn was ... more >
Interviews17th-century / Bantam Dell Ballantine / Berkley Books / courtesan / England / Historical Romances / Regency England9 Comments
Welcome to part two of the 2012 RITA Best First Book interview series. Up today are the rakes and scoundrels, strumpets and spies, ladies and lords. Luscious historical tidbits follow, so let us know in the comments what struck your fancy and if you’d like to win this set of ... more >
Features / InterviewsBerkley Books / Darynda Jones / Delacorte Press / mystery / Paranormal / RITA / Time-Travel / Young-Adult8 Comments
Romance Writers of America honors authors through the RITAs, awarded each year in a number of categories, including Best First Book. Once again, I’m pleased to host those nominees here at Dear Author. Each of the three installments in this series will feature a different sub-genre. The books you’ll see ... more >
Features / InterviewsContemporary / Interviews / unusual settings10 Comments
The courageous true story of Jerri Nielsen Fitzgerald, the doctor who had to operate on and treat herself for breast cancer while serving at a research facility at the South Pole, stuck with me for years after I first heard it. It’s why Julie Rowe’s debut IceBound, set in that ... more >