2016 Press Coverage

12.30.16 / An Address in Amsterdam by Mary Fillmore was reviewed by Kirkus
12.29.16 / The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle was featured on the Daily Mail‘s top thriller list
12.27.16 / Books by Amy Poeppel, Catherine Ryan Hyde and Kimberly Belle were featured on Culturalist’s “Top 10 Must Read Titles for December“
12.24.16 / Drop In author Sara Yao shared tips for meditation on a guest post for MindBodyGreen
12.16.16 / The Amateurs by Sara Shepard was featured on Glamour‘s “Best Books to Read in 2017” list
12.12.16 / Sara Yao spoke with Present Moment Mindfulness about her book Drop In
12.5.16 / Hostile Takeover by Phyllis Piano was reviewed by Foreword Reviews
11.30.16 / Cindi Michael, author of Sportscaster’s Daughter, wrote a guest post for Working Mother
11.29.16 / Woman’s World published an inspiring story by Roni Beth Tower, author of Miracle at Midlife
11.26.16 / Hindsight by Mindy Tarquini received a five star review from Forward and was featured as “Book of the Day”
11.23.16 / Sportscaster’s Daughter author Cindi Michael was a guest contributor for We Heart Writing
11.23.16 / Cathryn Novak, author of Size Matters, talked about her book and writing style with USA Today
11.22.16 / Amy Poeppel, author of Small Admissions, wrote a guest post for The Rumpus
11.22.16 / The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell was included on Buzzfeed and Culturalist roundups
11.21.16 / Two of our authors, Rebecca Austill-Claussen and Laurie Buchanan, had books featured in a The Reading Room roundup
11.17.16 / Kristy Kryszczak, author of Unexpected Love, wrote a post for We Heart Writing
11.17.16 / Hostile Takeover author Phyllis Piano wrote an article titled “How Being a CCO Prepared Me to Write a Novel” for O’Dwyer’s PR
11.15.16 / Note To Self by Laurie Buchanan was reviewed in the Library Journal and the New Spirit Journal
11.14.16 / Sara Shepard, author of The Amateurs, wrote a piece for Seventeen titled “17 Things I Wish I’d Known at Age 17“
11.14.16 / Tell Me A Story by Tamara Lush was featured in both Buzzfeed and Culturalist roundups
11.09.16 / Mindy Tarquini author of Hindsight did a Q&A with Phoenix Magazine about her novel and being a local author
11.05.16 / Real Simple included Mindy Tarquini’s Hindsight in its list of “The Best New Books to Read This Month”
11.4.16 / The author of Change Maker, Rebecca Austill-Claussen, was featured in the Saugus Advertiser
10.27.16 / Miracle at Midlife author Roni Beth Tower wrote multiple guest posts for Psychology Today that were published at the end of October throughout mid-November
10.27.16 / Author of Sportscaster’s Daughter Cindi Michael wrote a guest post for First For Women
10.26.16 / The Next author Stephanie Gangi wrote a piece for We Heart Writing
10.26.16 / Alane Adams, author of Kalifus Rising, was the focus of an article in the OC Register
10.24.16 / Naked Mountain by Marcia Mabee made in appearance in Northern Virginia Magazine
10.21.16 / University of Alaska Anchorage Justice Center covered the book launch of Pieces of Me by Lizbeth Meredith
10.18.16 / Unexpected Love by Kristy Kryszczak was featured in both a Culturalist and Buzzfeed roundups
10.17.16 / Mary Fillmore‘s novel Address in Amsterdam was featured on Bookstr’s list 10 Historical Fiction Reads to Devour this Fall
10.16.16 / Kalifus Rising author Alane Adams was featured on WICU TV and in The Erie Times News for her event in Erie, PA
10.14.16 / London Belongs To Me by Jacquelyn Middleton was included in a Buzzfeed roundup for wanderlust readers
10.10.16 / Phyllis Piano author of Hostile Takeover wrote a guest piece for We Heart Writing
10.5.16 / Hostile Takeover by Phyllis Piano was featured on Buzzfeed and Culturalist roundups
10.4.16 / Sara Yao‘s new book Drop In was on a Buzzfeed book roundup
10.4.16 / Snow Fright by Amie Borst was featured on a Culturalist
9.30.16 / Roni Beth Tower, author of Miracle At Midlife, wrote a guest essay for The Huffington Post
9.30.16 / First Rodeo author Judith Hennessy did a Q&A with LaDue News
9.30.16 / Keep Her by Leora Krygier was reviewed by Teen Reads
09.26.16 / Hindsight by Mindy Tarquini received a starred review from Publishers Weekly
9.22.16 / Lauren Bird Horowitz did an exclusive Renegade Red cover reveal with USA TODAY!
9.18.16 / Book Baristas hosted a giveaway for the Hitched Series by Kendall Ryan
9.15.16 / YA Book Central hosted a giveaway for Wendy Darling Volume 2 Seas by Colleen Oakes
9. 13.16 / Culturalist included Operation Tenley in their list of “The Top 10 Fall Middle-Grade Fantasy Must-Reads”
9.8.16 / Hypable and Recently Heard reviewed Kalifus Rising by Alane Adams
9.7.16 / Alane Adams shares her experience of making an audio book in a guest essay for KidsReads
9.6.16 / Keep Her author, Leora Krygier wrote a guest essay for YA Book Central
9.2.16 / Keep Her by Leora Krygier was included in Teen Read’s list of “5 Reasons Why Instagram is the Perfect Way to Find Your Next Great Read“
8.30.16 / We are Unprepared by Meg Little Reilly was included in BuzzFeed and Culturalist roundups
8.24.16 / Learning to Fall author Anne Clermont did a Q&A with ChristiCraig.com
8.24.16 / Kirkus reviewed Army Wife by Vicki Cody
8.23.16 / Sportscaster’s Daughter by Cindi Michael was included in a BuzzFeed and Culturalist roundups
8.17.16 / Author of Army Wife, Vicki Cody was featured on Humans on the Homefront
8.15.16 / Amulya Malladi, author of A House for Happy Mothers wrote an essay for BooksbyWomen
8.16.16 / Army Wife by Vicki Cody was included in a “Top 10 Fall Family Memoirs” roundup on Culturalist
8.14.16 / Recently Heard did an interview with Colleen Oakes author of Wendy Darling Volume 2: Seas
8.13.16 / Vicky Cody discussed “10 Military Spouse Parenting Realities” with Spousebuzz by Military.com
8.11.16 / Author of Three Dark Crowns, Kendare Blake did an interview with Recently Heard
8.9.16 / Georgia Clark was included in InStyle‘s list of “7 Page-Turning Books You Should Read in August 2016“
8.9.16 / Leah Lax, author of Uncovered discussed “What It Means Being a Gay Teen in a Jewish Ultra-Orthodox Community” with The Huffington Post
8.9.16 / RedBook included so many of our talented authors in their list of “20 Books by Women You Must Read This Fall“
8.2.16 / Georgia Clark wrote an essay for Hypable and We Heart Writing
8.2.16 / The Regulars by Georgia Clark was included in Lea Michelle’s list of “5 Favorite Things for Getting Cozy at Home” on InStyle
7.28.16 / Don’t miss Georgia Clark, Lisa Henthorn, Karma Brown, Kendall Ryan, Andrea Dunlop and Meredith Firston Ms. Career Girl
7.27.16 / Karma Brown, author of The Choices We Make wrote an essay about life after a debut for We Heart Writing
7.26.16 / Kerry Londsale, author of Everything We Keep was featured in BookBub’s list of “11 Hottest Beach Reads out in August“
7.26.16 / College Times included Wendy Walker and Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus in their coolest books of summer roundup
7.26.16 / Hollis Giammatteo, author of Shelf Life of Ashes wrote an essay for We Heart Writing
7.25.16 / A Girl Like You by Michelle Cox & The Memory of Us by Camille Di Maio were featured in The Reading Room’s list of “5 Historical Reads for Romance Lovers“
7.25.16 / POPSUGAR included so many of our wonderful authors in their list of “21 Fiction Reads to Add to Your Fall Reading List”
7.25.16 / Author of Accidental Soldier, Dorit Sasson was featured on Broadway World
7.18.16 / The Brit+Co list “13 New YA Books to Read This Summer” included several BookSparks authors
7.18.16 / Your Tango’s “19 Books That Should be on EVERY Woman’s Summer Reading List” featured multiple BookSparks authors
7.13.16 / Parade featured multiple of our BookSparks authors on their “10 of the Best Beach Reads to Indulge in This Summer“
7.6.16 / Sunset featured many BookSparks authors on their summer reading list
7.4.16 / Michelle Meyers author of Glass Shatters wrote an essay for Writer’s Digest
6.29.16 /BuzzFeed included Dete Merserve in their “6 Mysteries to Read This Summer” roundup
6.29.16 / Gridley Girls by Meredith First was reviewed by Kirkus Reviews
6.29.16 / The Memory of Us by Camille di Maio was included in an Oyster.com round up
6.28.16 / Julie Timmer author of Untethered wrote a fabulous essay for WeHeartWriting
6.27.16 / Julie Timmer and her stepdaughter collaborated for Parenting Magazine
6.23.16 / BookTuber Jessi Tarbet reviewed The House of Bradbury by Nicole Meier
6.22.16 / Caroline Kepnes, Jennifer Dwight, Andrea Dunlop, Catherine Ryan Hyde and Abbey Campbell Cook were included in the “Summer Books to Pair with Your Zodiac Sign” list on The Reading Room
6.22.16 / Carrie Highley author of Blue Apple Switchback was featured on Citizen Times
6.13.16 / Author of Accidental Soldier, Dorit Sasson wrote a guest post for Writer’s Digest
6.09.16 / Green-Light Your Book by Brooke Warner was featured on BookBusiness
6.09.16 / Carrie Highley and Leah Lax were featured on SheKnows
6.08.16 / Time Zero by Carolyn Cohagen was featured on Seventeen‘s list of “13 Best New YA Novels for Every Summer Mood”
6.08.16 / Dorit Sasson describes her experiences while volunteering for the Israel Defense Forces with Pittsburgh City Paper
6.08.16 / Post-Bulletin did a feature on Jessica Stevens
6.07.16 / Karma Brown, Polly Dugan, Emily Giffin, Emma & Nicola, Camille Di Maio, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Karma Brown were featured in Did You Know Facts
6.07.16 / Carrie Highley shared “5 Tips For Anyone Struggling With Coming Out” with POPSUGAR
6.07.16 / Amulya Malladi was included in Oakland Public Libray’s list of “10 Great Reasons to Read Fiction in June 2016“
6.07.16 / Carrie Highley was a guest author on SheKnows
6.07.16 / FabFitFun included The House of Bradbury by Nicole Meier in their list of “10 Books to Add to Your Reading List This Summer“
6.07.16 / Amulya Malladi wrote a guest post for Women’s Fiction Writers
6.07.16 / Taylor Jenkins Reid, Emma Mclaughlin and Nicola Kraus were included in a BuzzFeed roundup
6.07.16 / Amulya Malladi was featured in We Heart Writing
6.06.16 / Kaira Rouda shared tips for parents becoming empty nesters in an interview with Good Day Columbus
6.02.16 / Catherine Ryan Hyde sat down with The Cambrian to discuss how hiking inspired her newest novel Leaving Blythe River
6.02.16 / Debut novelist Nicole Meier was featured in Bend Bulletin
6.01.16 / The Washington Post shared the Associated Press Review of A House For Happy Mothers by Amulya Malladi
5.31.16 / The Memory of Us by Camille Di Maio was featured on RT Book Reviews
5.31.16 / Anne A. Wilson gave USA Triathlon “10 Gems of Wisdom for the Triathlete”
5.31.16 / Lisa Henthorn, Dorit Sasson, Carrie Highley and Nicole Meier were featured on MindBodyGreen
5.31.16 / Lisa Henthorn, author of 25 Sense, sat down with We Heart Writing to discuss the importance of walking away
5.24.16 / Girls Write Now were featured in Newsweek for (R)evolution
5.22.16 / Abbey Campbell Cook, Lisa Henthorn and Nora Zelevansky were included in POPSUGAR’s list of 10 Inspiring Books Every Graduate Needs
5.19.16 / Kendare Blake was included in BookRiot’s list of 17 Great Upcoming Books About Women: BEA Addition
5.18.16 / Appetite by Sheila Grinell and The Sweetheart Deal by Polly Dugan were featured on BuzzFeed
5.18.16 / Phoenix New Times did an amazing spotlight on Sheila Grinell
5.16.16 / Liz & Lisa said that Kaira Rouda and Polly Dugan have a couple of the best books in May
5.15.16 / 17-year-old author Ashley Royer was featured in The Boston Globe
5.14.16 / Camille Di Maio was featured in the Examiner
5.13.16 / Cosmopolitan loved All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker
5.13.16 / Kendare Blake, author of Three Dark Crowns, received a shot-out in Refinery29
5.11.16 / Claudia Six received an amazing Kirkus Review for Erotic Integrity
5.11.16 / The House of Bradbury by Nicole Meier gained a spot in Refinery29’s 12 Brand New Books to Read in May list
5.11.16 / Caroline Kepnes was featured on Lenny Letter
5.10.16 / Nora Zelevansky had an essay in Town & Country
5.10.16 / Michelle Cox author of A Girl Like You had an article filled with timeless dating tips in Urbanista
5.10.16 / The House That Made Me by Grant Jarrett was featured in The New Yorker
5.09.16 / Nicole Meier spoke with The Oregonian to explain the inspiration behind The House of Bradbury
5.08.16 / Elle included The House That Made Me by Grant Jarrett for their three May book club reads
5.06.16 / Kaira Rouda talked to Redbook about how her Mother’s Day celebrations have changed
5.06.16 / Caroline Kepnes, author of Hidden Bodies, was featured in Bustle
5.06.16 / Karma Brown discussed her reasons for becoming a mother with Redbook
5.04.16 / Nora Zelevansky author of Will You Won’t You Want Me? talked with Redbook to discuss ramifications of moving home at 15 years
5.03.16 / Kaira Rouda, Catherine Ryan Hyde and Jennifer Dwight were featured on BuzzFeed
5.02.16 / Meghann Foye discussed the premises of her book on The View
5.02.16 / Claudia Six sat down with MindBodyGreen to discuss sexual boredom
5.02.16 / Working Mother included Jennifer Dwight, Katrina Willis, Grant Jarrett and Anne Wilson in their list of 12 Mom-Approved Books to Give on Mother’s Day
5.02.16 / Donna Cardillo explained “How To Stop Letting Fear Run Your Life” on MindBodyGreen
4.29.16 / Ashley Royer explained her journey to success with Seventeen
4.28.16 / Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, Meghann Foye, Polly Dugan, Elise A. Miller, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Karma Brown, Wendy Walker, Camille De Maio, Caroline Kepnes and Sheila Grinell were all included in Redbook’s “21 Books by Women You Have to Read This Summer”
4.28.16 / Elise Miller, Michelle Meyers, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus and Wendy Walker made the cut for Bustle’s “11 Books to Hold You Over While You Wait For the Return of ShondaLand’s TGIT”
4.26.16 / Carrie Highly was featured in Bicycling
4.21.16 / Amulya Malladi author of A House For Happy Mothers talked with Working Mother about some “Bad Mommy Confessions”
4.16.16 / Grant Jarrett represented SparkPress in their first ever Elle Magazine feature
4.13.16 / Ashley Royer was featured in Fox25 and Maximum Pop
4.10.16 / Boston Herald wrote about the major success of debut novelist Ashley Royer
4.8.16 / Women’s Health talked with Carrie Highley about her love for cycling and her journey of coming out
4.7.16 / Wall Street Journal gave Wendy Walker’s optioned novel, All Is Not Forgotten! a shoutout
4.5.16 / Girls’ Life calls 17-year-old Ashley Royer’s novel “unforgettable”
4.1.16 / Costal Living interviewed Kaira Rouda, Julie Lawson Timmer, Donna Cardillo,Alane Adams, Lisa Henthorn and Grant Jarrett about their go-to beach reads
3.28.16 / For Crying Out Loud podcast interviewed Caroline Kepnes on her latest thriller Hidden Bodies
3.10.16 / Michelle Meyers‘ Glass Shatters and Brady Stefani‘s The Alienation of Courtney Hoffman were named some of Hypable’s must-read spring science fiction books
3.9.16 / Michelle Cox and Garine Isassi both were reviewed by Booklist
3.9.16 / Amy Hatvany, Michelle Cox and Karen Lee were all included in Popsugar’s post-spring cleaning bookshelf must-have’s
3.8.16 / Coastal Living featured Andrea Dunlop, Amy Hatvany, Kate Hilton, Camille Pagan and Meg Mitchell Moore in its Spring Break Beach Reads round up
3.7.16 / Alane Adam‘s The Egg Thief received a starred Kirkus Review
2.24.16 / Brit+Co named Andrea Dunlop’s Losing the Light as a must-read for everyone with a serious case of wanderlust
2.23.16 / Entertainment Weekly gave Caroline Kepnes’ Hidden Bodies an A- review
2.18.16 / Library Journal gave Grant Jarrett’s The House that Made Me a starred review
2.18.16 / The Clarion Foreword Reviews calls Alane Adams‘ The Coal Thief a “beautiful picture book” that “will leave an impression on many hearts for a long time to come”
2.17.16 / Colleen Oakes talks about retelling fairytales and her new series, Wendy Darling, with Colorado Public Radio
2.12.16 / theSkimm featured Aidan Donnelly Rowley’s The Ramblers as its weekly SkimmRead
2.10.16 / Amy Hatvany, Andrea Dunlop, Nicole Meier, Michelle Meyers, Lee Kelly and Michelle Cox were all featured on Your Tango’s list of spring books for women by women
2.9.16 / Brigitte Quinn talked with about her debut novel Anchored
2.9.16 / The San Francisco Book Review featured Tracy Solheim’s Sleeping With the Enemy, Barbara Solomon Josselsohn’s The Last Dreamer, Lee Kelly’s A Criminal Magic, Kate Hilton’s The Hole in the Middle and Jill Dearman’s The Great Bravura in its Valentine’s Day reads round up
2.5.16 / Redbook Magazine named books by Nicole Meier, Lee Kelly, Karen Lee, Michelle Meyers, Kate Hilton, Andrea Dunlop, Amy Hatvany, Kaira Rouda and Aidan Donnelley Rowley as spring must-reads
2.2.16 / BookSparks was named one of San Francisco Book Review’s Best Resources for Authors in 2016
1.28.16 / Lisa Henthorn’s 25 Sense, Kaira Rouda’s The Goodbye Year, Sheila Grinell’s Appetite, Katrina Willis’ Parting Gifts and Amy Hatvany’s Somewhere Out There were all featured in a Spring 2016 book preview on SheKnows
1.27.16 / Lee Kelly‘s “Raise a Glass to 2016: 5 debuts author Lee Kelly is excited to cheers to” was shared on Hypable
1.26.16 / Lee Kelly’s magical realism novel, A Criminal Magic, was reviewed as a Book Report by a Forever YA editor on Kirkus
1.21.16< / Cheyanne Young, Lisa Tawn Bergren, A. R. Ivanovich, Evangeline Denmark and Ashley Royer were included in Kids Book Buzz “10 New YA Books to Read This Spring”
1.20.16 / Evangeline Denmark’s debut YA novel, Curio, was reviewed by USA Today Happily Ever After
1.14.16 / Leah Lax’s debut memoir Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home, Sunny Mera’s All in Her Head and Andrea Dunlop’s Losing the Light carry on The Bell Jar legacy in a SheKnows piece that honors the book’s 53rd anniversary.
1.6.16 / Leah Lax’s debut memoir Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home was given five out of five stars by Portland Book Review.
1.5.16 / Lisa Consiglio Ryan was interviewed by The Food Heals Podcast to discuss Go Clean, Sexy You
1.1.16 / Lisa Consiglio Ryan’s debut cookbook Go Clean, Sexy You was reviewed by Chic Vegan