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Excerpt from The Bright Side of Disas...

Chapter 1 The end began with a plane crash. Just before midnight on a Tuesday in February. A girl I’d never met...

Excerpt from The Bright Side of Disaster
posted on: Feb 28, 2010

surreal

Plenty of surreal things have happened in my life.  But I’m not sure I’ve ever quite felt anything like...

surreal
posted on: Feb 2, 2010

the bright side of disaster: in germa...

The Bright Side of Disaster goes on sale in GERMANY on January 18,...

the bright side of disaster: in germany
posted on: Jan 10, 2010

The Bright Side of Disaster: in Czech

The Bright Side of Disaster goes on sale in the Czech Republic! Translated title:  Everything Bad Is Good For...

The Bright Side of Disaster: in Czech
posted on: Jan 10, 2010

loving this today

I stumbled across this German cover for The Bright Side of Disaster this morning!  At first, because of the cake, I...

loving this today
posted on: Jan 6, 2010

i love radio

This morning, I did a radio interview with Christopher Gabriel on his program for AM 970 WDAY in Fargo, ND, and it was...

i love radio
posted on: Sep 4, 2009

life on the D-list

> Just got a message from my publicist at Random House that there’s a section of Kathy Griffin’s Bravo...

life on the D-list
posted on: Jul 30, 2009

a little excerpt from Bright Side

Happy Mothers’ Day!  Here’s a video I made with an excerpt from Bright Side! =

a little excerpt from Bright Side
posted on: May 10, 2009

and now there were two

Got the hardcover for Everyone Is Beautiful in the mail this weekend, and it’s a scrumptious and delectable...

and now there were two
posted on: Jan 24, 2009

now we're moving to England

Mieka Smiles, writer for the British paper The Journal, just gave the UK edition of Bright Side a terrific review!...

now we're moving to England
posted on: Jan 9, 2009

super sweet

Kristjana, at the the Mommy Blog, just posted the sweetest blog entry about Everyone Is Beautiful.  After writing...

super sweet
posted on: Jan 5, 2009

bright side to be published in czech ...

Just got word that there’s to be a Czech language version of Bright Side.  Can’t wait to see the...

bright side to be published in czech republic!
posted on: Dec 4, 2008

great review for Bright Side at Plane...

Melinda over at Planet Mom has just posted a glowing review of Bright Side! (And added it to Kirtsy!)  She worries...

great review for Bright Side at Planet Mom!
posted on: Nov 26, 2008

great review at BOOKFINDS

Bookfinds just gave The Bright Side of Disaster a fantastic review! Here’s an excerpt: “Often, I find...

great review at BOOKFINDS
posted on: Nov 11, 2008

world-famous tortilla soup!

Last summer, reader and blogger Natasha Maw did an interview with me on her Maw Books Blog.  One of her questions was...

world-famous tortilla soup!
posted on: Nov 11, 2008

katherine to speak at the fort bend c...

Katherine with author Bliss Broyard at the Houston Chronicle B&A Dinner last fall. I will speak as a featured...

katherine to speak at the fort bend county book & author dinner!
posted on: Nov 9, 2008

The Bright Side of Disaster got optio...

Varsity pictures just optioned the movie rights to The Bright Side of Disaster!

posted on: Nov 9, 2008

great review for BRIGHT SIDE!

A feisty UK website for women readers, Trashionista, just gave Bright Side a great review! UK cover for Bright...

great review for BRIGHT SIDE!
posted on: Nov 7, 2008

feature in the Houston Chronicle

Here’s a feature from the Houston Chronicle from the summer of...

feature in the Houston Chronicle
posted on: Jul 18, 2007