Biography/Memoir Archives

5-STAR REVIEW: TWO FLOORS ABOVE GRIEF by Kevin O’Connor

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 10 February 2023

Publication Date: November 27, 2022 As a child in the 1950s, Kevin O’Connor knew his house was different than his friends. A stately, three-story, nineteenth-century Victorian. His bed tucked next to a stage in...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE HARD ROAD OUT by Jihyun Park

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 31 January 2023

Publication Date: May 26, 2022 North Korea is an open-air prison from which there is no escape. Only a handful of men and women have succeeded. Jihyun Park is one of these rare survivors....

SPOTLIGHT: THE ADVENTURES OF A SOUTHERN (BAPTIST) BUDDHIST by Pamela McConnell, MSW, LCSW

Biography/Memoir Dayna Linton - 7 December 2022

Publication Date: September 23, 2022 This true story is about a girl who is born up north; into a conservative, fundamentalist/evangelical family—but then becomes a Liberal Buddhist. Her family moves back to their roots...

SPOTLIGHT: AVALON by Vanessa Morgan Plus Giveaway!

Biography/Memoir Dayna Linton - 11 November 2022

Publication Date: August 11, 2015 Avalon is now also available in French! Some cats need nine lives to make a difference. Avalon only needed one. From Amazon bestselling author Vanessa Morgan, Avalon is the heartwarming...

GUEST BLOG: WHAT DEFINES ME AS AN AUTHOR by Howard Brown Plus Giveaway!

Biography/Memoir Dayna Linton - 3 October 2022

We can share hope with others. It’s a powerful pillar in my life. In other words: Hope is not merely one person’s dream in isolation. From the very beginning of human life on...

COVER REVEAL: IMPROBABLE MD: From the Bayou to the Boardroom by Derek J. Robinson Plus Giveaway!

Biography/Memoir Dayna Linton - 15 September 2022

In Improbable MD, Dr. Derek J. Robinson traces his unlikely journey from fishing on the bayous of Louisiana, to an ER and helicopter flight physician in Chicago, to leadership in some of...

SPOTLIGHT: A RESERVOIR MAN by L.J. Ambrosio Plus Giveaway!

Biography/Memoir Dayna Linton - 14 September 2022

Publication Date: May 25, 2022 Everywhere Michael turns he sees a Reservoir Man. Michael’s endless trials of survival include sexual assault, The Vietnam War, an arrest in Spain, Hollywood scandal, the AIDS outbreak,...

INTERVIEW: With Debut Author Katherine Linn Caire Plus Giveaway!

Biography/Memoir Dayna Linton - 25 August 2022

Today we welcome debut author Katherine Linn Caire to Novels Alive! Katherine debuts her memoir, Accidental Sisters, on August 26th, so be sure to check it out! What drives your story forward in...

5-STAR REVIEW: The Life of Crime by Martin Edwards

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 16 August 2022

Publication Date: May 12, 2022 In the first major history of crime fiction in fifty years, The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators traces the evolution of the...

5-STAR REVIEW: LOUD By Tana Douglas

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 2 August 2022

Publication Date: August 2, 2022 What goes on tour stays on tour—unless you're the first woman roadie in the world At just fifteen, Tana Douglas ran away to the circus that was rock 'n' roll...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE ADVENTURES OF MISS BARBARA PYM by Paula Byrne

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 7 June 2022

Publication Date: June 7, 2022 Barbara Pym became beloved as one of the wittiest novelists of the late twentieth century, revealing the inner workings of domestic life so brilliantly that her friend Philip...

5-STAR REVIEW: AVAILABLE: A VERY HONEST ACCOUNT OF LIFE AFTER DIVORCE by Laura Friedman Williams

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 3 May 2022

Publication Date: May 3, 2022 If you’d told 46-year old Laura Friedman Williams that in a few years she’d be having some of the best sex of her life with men who were...