News from Heidi

We've hit the big time! This story will appear on the front page of the New York Times tomorrow July 6, 2011. The reporter did an amazing job reporting on the Festival and this important moment in the arts!  Please check it out--share with your friends and leave comments. We're so excited!

I had the great pleasure of talking with Angela Elam of New Letters on the Air when I visited Kansas City earlier this year.  I hope you'll take a listen.  You can also listen to the audio interview here.

Oui, c'est vrai! La Fille Tombee du Ciel will be released in French in August, translated by Marie de Premonville and published by Anne Carriere editions. Whoo hoo!

I had the pleasure of talking with Angela Elam when I visited Kansas City and Rainy Day Books earlier this year. The interview will air this week on New Letters on the Air! Be sure to tune in!

I'm excited to share this excerpt from my interview with the very wonderful D.G. Martin on UNCTV's Book Watch program which ran last weekend. What do you think?

Utah! I look forward to seeing you this weekend. I'll be part of the Sundance Authors Series, a book brunch talk and signing. Join me! And check out this wonderful story about my upcoming visit published in the Park Record. I also had a great conversation on Utah Public Radio's Access Utah last week. Check it out here.

Yesterday I spoke with Michel Martin of NPR's Tell Me More to give a recap of the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival and launch the show's Summer Blended Books Club featuring stories of the Mixed experience. Check it out!

You can download the interview: here. You can also subscribe to my podcast via itunes and never miss another podcast again.

North Carolinians in the House? Set your DVRs! I'll be on NC Bookwatch with the handsome and charming D.G. Martin talking about The Girl Who Fell From the Sky June 17 at 9:30pm and June 19 at 5pm. Find out more about my childhood days spent in North Carolina--bet you didn't know that, huh? And please note the beloved bendy straw in the glass!

I had the pleasure of meeting with two different book clubs yesterday -- one in New Haven and the other in Los Angeles. And no I didn't teleport. I visited with the New Haven Health Workers in the afternoon via Skype video and had a great conversation. I think I even got some free psychoanalysis when a couple of the readers put things together I had included in the book quite subconsciously.

Then yesterday evening I met with the Coyotes Book Club led by the very awesome Emily Pullen at the wonderful Skylight Books. The discussion and questions were wide-ranging and I hope as interesting to me as it was to them. Alas, I forgot to get a photo with the group.   I really enjoyed meeting the groups and am so grateful they chose the book to read. So, I say again, if you have a book club that chooses The Girl Who Fell From the Sky for discussion, I'd love to join you if we can work out the schedule!

I was excited to hear that a snippet of my Storycorps interview with my friend Fanshen ran on KPCC.  I'm the interviewer this time!  Check it out here.