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March 2010

Rebecca Skloot's new book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, was published in February and has received quite a bit of advance publicity. It was named a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers pick for Spring 2010, it received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus, and Booklist, and was featured on the cover of Publishers Weekly, as well as in Wired, Popular Science, Essence, Readers Digest, Self, Vanity Fair, Good Housekeeping, Los Angeles Times, and numerous others

Kristin Ohlson was chosen by the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC) as one of 20 new Creative Workforce Fellows, each of whom will receive a $20,000 award to support his or her work. The Creative Workforce Fellowship is a program of the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture, generously funded by Cuyahoga Arts and Culture

Dr. Kathleen P. King, speaker, faculty coach, and president of Transformation Education LLC, participated in an expert panel on Diversity Issues in K-12 Online Learning at the virtual schools symposium of iNACOL in November 2009

Chinese language rights were sold for Nancy Peske's co-authored book Raising a Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive Handbook for Helping Your Child with Sensory Processing Issues, recently updated and re-released by Penguin Books

Charles Whipple co-edited the short story anthology, A Fistful of Legends (Express Westerns, January 2010), and wrote two of the stories under the pen name of Chuck Tyrell. The anthology contains 21 new western stories by published writers in the genre

Barry Yeoman is co-producing a radio documentary, funded in part by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, on older blues and R&B musicians in New Orleans and beyond

Kelly Boyer Sagert's latest book, Flappers, recently was published by Greenwood Publishing. Flappers takes readers back to the time of speakeasies, gangsters, dance bands, and silent film stars, offering a fresh look at the Jazz Age by focusing on the women who came to symbolize it

Alison Lowenstein has published her third book with Universe/Rizzoli's City and Company imprint. City Kid New York: The Ultimate Guide for NYC Parents with Kids Ages 4-12 has been released. The guide is for both city parents and visitors who want to know the best kid-friendly places and activities throughout the five boroughs

ASJA past president Russell Wild's One Year to an Organized Financial Life: From Your Bills to Your Bank Account, Your Home to your Retirement, the Week-by-Week Guide to Achieving Financial Peace of Mind (Da Capo Press, January 2010), co-authored with professional organizer Regina Leeds, has already garnered positive reviews in a number of publications, including Publishers Weekly and Los Angeles Magazine

Marie Proeller Hueston's latest book, Weddings: Ideas & Inspirations for Celebrating in Style, has been published by Hearst Books

Fresh Air Books recently launched its new line for "non-churchy" readers with Jo Kadlecek's latest memoir, Woman Overboard: How Passion Saved My Life. It's Jo's third memoir; her next book, A Desperate Faith, will be published June 2010 by Baker Books

Sheri Koones' next book, Prefabulous + Sustainable: Building and Customizing an Affordable, Energy Efficient Home, will be released by Abrams on April 1. The book profiles 25 of the "greenest" houses in North America and describes over 60 aspects of green homes in simple language

Cleo Paskal's book, Global Warring: How Environmental, Economic, and Political Crises Will Redraw the World Map (Palgrave Macmillan) has just been released

Kathryn Wilkens' essay, "Sea of Blue Ink," appears in the anthology, Writers and Their Notebooks, edited by Diana Raab (University of South Carolina Press, 2010). Part of the back-cover blurb states, "Designed for writers of all genres and all levels of experience, Writers and Their Notebooks celebrates the notebook as a vital tool in a writer's personal and literary life

Beryl Lieff Benderly has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in the recently announced class of 2009. This honor recognizes AAAS members whose "efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished," according to Dr. Alan Leshner, AAAS president

Hellgate Press published Fred Minnick's Camera Boy: An Army Journalist's War in Iraq. Minnick's war memoir shows Iraq from a unique point of view, one of an Army journalist who was nearly killed

Amanda Vogel is the co-author of a new postpartum fitness book called Baby Boot Camp: The New Mom's 9-Minute Fitness Solution (Sterling Publishing) and the ghostwriter of a new yoga book called Transformative Yoga (New Harbinger) by Wade Imre Morissette (forward by Alanis Morissette)

Robert Mark's award-winning aviation industry blog, Jetwhine.com, just entered its fourth year online and is sponsored by Cessna Aircraft Co., the largest builder of civil aircraft in the world

This month Beth Rubin is pleased to announce the arrival of the 10th edition of Frommer's Washington, D.C. With Kids (Wiley & Co.). Beth, who's lived, worked and raised her kids in the D.C. area since JFK was in the White House, birthed the first edition 20 years ago. The 300-page family guidebook has the latest info on the nation's capital—including tips on how to get the best hotel deals, what to see and do, when to go, and where to chow down without eating a hole in your wallet

A recent ranking of the Top 20 most viewed running-related websites in the world included Hal Higdon's site, ranked 13th nationally and 17th internationally. Hal's latest novel, Marathon, is about the 72 hours leading up to a marathon.

Bruce Henderson's Empire of Deceit has been optioned for film by Pelagius Films, producers of Talk to Me and Bombing Harvey. It is Henderson's third film deal in a year: his Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission To Make Time Travel a Reality (with Dr. Ronald Mallett), was purchased by director Spike Lee, and Spy Dust (with Antonio and Jonna Mendez), about CIA operations during the Cold War, is in development at DreamWorks Studios.