I will be there with copies of two youth novels, Opulence, Kansas, and Scratched. Would […]
Author: jstielstra
Born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, I currently live an old farmhouse on 7 acres of Kansas prairie well-stocked with birds. Our house is filled with two dogs, six cats, and books without number. And dust bunnies.
Lovely review of Scratched…
Thanks to Lisa Stewart, expert horsewoman and author of The Big Quiet, a memoir of […]
Birds and Us – Tim Birkhead
What a delightful read! This bird nerd was enchanted from the opening chapter describing a […]
The Lost Domain – Alain-Fournier
Started strong, but went out with a whimper. Elegiac, romantic (decidedly not in the Harlequin […]
J. Donald and Bertha Coffin Memorial Award for Opulence, Kansas
I am delighted to announce that the Kansas Authors Club has bestowed its 2022 J. […]
Mourning Hilary Mantel
My husband woke me up at 6 AM to tell me that Hilary Mantel is dead. She […]
Scratched – giveaway!
For all you LibraryThing readers-n-reviewers (and for all you Goodreads readers-n-reviewers who should be on […]
Available now – new youth novel!
The color, the power, the excitement, and the beauty of horse-racing happens between the starting […]
Every Good Boy Does Fine – Jeremy Denk
Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons by Jeremy Denk My […]
Art is a Tyrant – Catherine Hewitt
Art is a Tyrant: The Unconventional Life of Rosa Bonheur by Catherine Hewitt My rating: […]