Kathy L. Patrick knows how to throw a book party. And her infamous Girlfriend Weekend Author Extravaganza is just around the corner.
I've attached the list of scheduled authors below.
Full details straight from the queen, or as straight as they get, are available at her Web site (and, if you have a large monitor or particularly strong reading glasses, at this alternate site.)
Here's the list of authors, as provided by Kathy:
* Kathi Appelt, The Underneath, Hardcover, Atheneum (Winner of the Pulpwood Queens' Children's Book of the Year, award will be given at the event)
* Ron Hall and Denver Moore, Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and an Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together, paperback, Thomas Nelson (Winner of the PQ's Bonus Book of the Year)
* Margaret Cezair-Thompson, The Pirate's Daughter: A Novel, paperback, Random House Trade paperbacks
* Kelly Corrigan, The Middle Place, paperback, Voice
* Robert Leleux, the memoirs of a beautiful boy (will MC with me on Saturday), paperback, St. Martins Griffin
* River Jordan, The Messenger of Magnolia Street: A Novel (will be part of the Hot Pink Comedy Tour show on Friday night), paperback, Harper One
* Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, Suck in Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On: What Southern Mamas Tell their Daughters That The Rest of Y'all Should Know Too (will be part of the Hot Pink Comedy Tour show), paperback, Berkley Trade
Susan Reinhardt, Dishing with the Kitchen Virgin, paperback, Kensington (will be a part of the Hot Pink Comedy Tour show)
* Kathy L. Patrick, The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life, paperback, Grand Central Publishing (in everything, ha ha ha!
* Jacques Couvillon, The Chicken Dance, paperback, Bloomsbury Publishing
* Kathy Whitehead, Art From Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter , Hardcover, Putnam Juvenile
* Joe Nick Patoski, Willie Nelson: An Epic Life, Hardcover, Little, Brown, and Company, ( I have copies so I will sell those to you at 42% off if you want them)
* Mike Cox, The Texas Rangers:Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821 - 1900, Hardcover, Forge Books
* Bill O'Neal
* Joe O'Connell, Evacuation Plan: a novel from the hospice, paperback, Dalton Publishing
* Leslie Lehr, Wife Goes On, paperback, Kensington
Jane Porter, Mrs. Perfect and Flirting with Forty, paperback, 5 Spot
* Jeannie Ralston, The Unlikely Lavender Queen: A Memoir of Unexpected Blossoming, Hardcover, Broadway
* Kathleen Parker, Save the Males: Why Men Matter Why Women Should Care, Hardcover, Random House
Mary McNamara, Oscar Season: A Novel, paperback, Simon & Schuster
* Kathryn Casey, Singularity: A Mystery, Hardcover, St. Martins Minotaur
* Karen Harrington, Janeology, Hardcover, Kunati Inc.
* Linda Busby Parker, Seven Laurels, paperback, Southeast Missouri State University
* Kaya McLaren, Church of the Dog, paperback, Penguin
* Patricia Hickman, Painted Dresses, paperback, WaterBrook Press
* Dixie Cash, Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash, paperback, Avon
* Jodi Thomas, Tall, Dark, and Texan, paperback, Jove
* DeeAnn Gist, Deep in the Heart of Trouble, Courting Trouble, A Bride Most Begrudging, The Measure of a Lady, paperback, Bethany House, (order first two the most as newest and set in Texas)
* Marion Henley, The Shiniest Jewel: A Family Love Story, Hardcover, Springboard Press
Charles Martin, Where the River Ends, Hardcover, Broadway
Ron Rash, Serena, Hardcover, Ecco
Kim Sunee, Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home, paperback, Grand Central Publishing
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We love the Girlfriend Weekend and can't wait to see what Kathy has put together for us this year!
Pulpwood Queens, Katy, TX Chapter
Christi Borden