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Burning Questions
Wondering what happened to your favorite author? Gosh, so are we. Ask away: Send your cards and letters to Burning Questions, 2143 Belcourt Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212. Or better yet, send us e-mail. When you write, please include your full name and the city and state where you live. Sadly, personal replies are not possible. And if your question is too hard, we'll simply put it in our big file labeled "We dunno."
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SUNDAY LOVE
Dear Burning Questions Could you tell me if James Patterson is going to write another romance novel?
Christy Williams
James Patterson is best known for his thrillers, especially the Women's Murder Club series (which inspired a successful TV show) and the Alex Cross novels. But he does have a softer side, as demonstrated in his two romantic sagas Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas and Sam's Letters to Jennifer. Now, he has a new love story for readers, and a new co-writer, North Carolina children's author Gabrielle Charbonnet, to tell it with. Sundays at Tiffany's will be published by Little, Brown in April. Sundays at Tiffany's tells the story of Jane, who was a lonely only child. Her one friend was a man named Michael—and only Jane could see him. Years later, she meets and falls in love with him. We're not sure exactly how that works, but trust a master storyteller like Patterson to make the impossible, possible.
HE PICKS PICOULT Dear Burning Questions, Beautiful and talented Jodi Picoult has my vote in 2008 for best author. Can you please tell me what she has in store this year for her many fans?
Fred Moore
Jodi Picoult's 14th novel, Nineteen Minutes (the paperback edition of which is reviewed in this month's Book Clubs column), was her biggest book yet, a riveting look at a school shooting that captured the number-one spot on bestseller lists last year. In response, Picoult's publisher Simon & Schuster plans a staggering one-million-copy first printing of her next novel, Change of Heart, due to hit bookstores on March 4. The huge print run "makes me feel like Stephen King instead of li'l ol' me!" Picoult says. A master at snatching book ideas from current headlines, the New Hampshire-based author depicts a death row inmate who wants to donate his heart to his victim's sister in Change of Heart. Gets our vote as a great concept.
HIGHWAY TO... Dear Burning Questions, What is Clyde Edgerton working on these days? He is one of my favorite authors who has created so many interesting characters. His books are funny and entertaining. I hope that he has something published soon!
Jo Ann Key
You're not alone in your admiration for North Carolina author Clyde Edgerton—five of his six novels have been New York Times Notable Books. Nearly five years after publishing his last book, Lunch at the Picadilly, Edgerton returns this August with another hilariously heartwarming novel, The Bible Salesman (Little, Brown). Henry Dampier is the titular salesman, an innocent, devout 19-year-old going door to door selling the holy book in the postwar South who inadvertently becomes a sidekick to veteran car thief Preston Clearwater. Sounds like a wild ride!
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