Inside August's issue of BookPage

August 2002
In This Issue

FIRST PERSON
August BookPage interviews:

Perri O'Shaughnessy: Career crossroads turned siblings into co-authors

Eight years ago, sisters Mary and Pamela O'Shaughnessy invented fictitious Lake Tahoe attorney Nina Reilly, who summarily argued her way onto the bestseller lists. They chose the pen name Perri by combining their first names, with a nod to a certain fictional barrister.

Fannie Flagg: Fried Green Tomatoes author remains young at heart

One of fiction's cardinal rules is to write what you know, and from her rich depiction of Elmwood Springs, Missouri, the setting for her new novel Standing in the Rainbow, you'd bet Fannie Flagg was born in a small town where everyone knows each other. And you'd be wrong.

David Ebershoff: Publishing executive recounts California's golden days

David Ebershoff's second novel explores the nature of personal identity as one of its central concerns. But Ebershoff wraps this exploration in a compelling love story and an almost old-fashioned, grandly conceived narrative firmly embedded in a deep appreciation of history.

Meet Jules Feiffer

Best-selling psychic Sylvia Browne helps you learn to understand and interpret your dreams

Meet Ridley Pearson

H.W. Brands tells the story of those who headed West with dreams of gold

FEATURES

SPOTLIGHT: Elvis Lives On A trio of titles celebrate the King 25 years after his death

Everything you need to know about the education alternative: Homeschooling

Parenting: Make sure you have something to read when you're hiding in the bathroom from your kids

Teen Reading: Adult authors reach out to a new audience with young adult fiction

FICTION

Goodbye Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto

Rain Fall by Barry Eisler

The Second Coming of Lucy Hatch by Marsha Moyer

Leaving Atlanta by Tayari Jones

The Fruit of Stone by Mark Spragg

Flight Lessons by Patricia Gaffney