Chasing Freedom: the Story Behind the Story
It all started in China. Yes, you read that right. The origins of my book about Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony has everything to do with China. Let me explain. In 1988, I was asked to write a few monologues for theater pieces on American History that would be performed in a series of theaters […]
Barack Obama
You know how I’m always saying I’m up for a challenge? Well, with this book, God called me on it. Everything about this book was impossible. In 2008, I was going along, minding my own business, writing my books and sweating the latest deadline. I’d instructed my agent to restrain herself from offering me any new […]
Talkin’ about Bessie, Part I
The Book that Almost Wasn’t: That could be the title of this book. The journey from concept to bookshelves is a bit of a saga. Some books are harder to birth than others, and Bessie was a book-baby in breach! I’ll explain. It seems like forever ago that then Orchard editor Melanie Kroupa asked me […]