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February 2005
Jack El-Hai goes on tour in February to promote his new biography, The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness (John Wiley & Sons). He'll visit Philadelphia, New York and Washington, D.C., for bookstore events, lectures and media appearances
Just out is Melanie in Manhattan (Knopf), the fourth novel in Carol Weston's series for kids, ages eight to 12, about a fifth grader who keeps a travel diary. Girltalk, fourth edition won an iParenting Media Award. For Girls Only was featured in the Girls' Inc. Reading Room in December
The fourth book of Michael S. Broder, Ph.D., The Secrets Of Sexual Ecstasy (this one co-authored with wife, sexologist and fellow psychologist Arlene Goldman, Ph.D.), was just released by Penguin/Alpha Books as the first in their new series, Psychology Today: Here To Help
Leah Ingram ended 2004 with four books under her belt, three of which are already in bookstores. They include The Complete Guide for the Anxious Bride, Plan Your Wedding In No Time and Buying & Selling Your Way to a Fabulous Wedding With eBay. The Everything Etiquette Book, second edition, will be out later in 2005
Alma Bond has read portions of her book, The Autobiography of Maria Callas, a Novel, for Treehouse Productions. The readings, interwoven with arias sung by Callas, will be aired by National Public Radio in most markets on January 30
Kelly James-Enger's second novel, White Bikini Panties (Strapless, November 2004), received a "Top Pick" from RT Book Club magazine and an impressive review by Publisher's Weekly
Japanese rights for Allison Kyle Leopold's book, The Joffrey Ballet School's Ballet-Fit (St. Martin's Press), a comprehensive guide to adult ballet, written with Joffrey School faculty member Dena Simone Moss, have been sold to Kenko Journal Publishing in Tokyo. The Japanese edition is slated for publication in 2005
Anne Hart, author of ASJA Press and iUniverse.com books, has been hired to teach creative writing, journalism, communications and organizational communication management courses online for Indiana Wesleyan University. Her personal history research articles are published in the Nov./Dec. 2004 issue of the new Everton's Family History magazine and in the Oct. 2004 issue of Family Chronicle magazine
A new book by longtime ASJA member Antoinette Bosco titled Miracles Abound: When We Open Our Hearts to God, was just released by Twenty-Third Publications. On January 26, St. John's University awarded her its St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Medal for modeling her life in "compassion for and service to the poor."
Stefan Bechtel has signed a contract (his seventh) with Kensington to write a book about Hurricane Camille, one of the greatest storms of the 20th century, which came ashore in Mississippi during the same weekend in 1969 as Woodstock. Tentatively titled Category Five, the book is scheduled for hurricane season 2006
This month, Terry Whalin's latest book, Running On Ice (New Hope Publishers), was released. It was co-authored by Whalin and Vonetta Flowers, the first African American to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics (2002 women's bobsled). Olympian Jackie Joyner Kersee wrote the foreword and Bob Costas, NBC Sports, endorsed it.
