Join me as a I spend an evening interviewing one of my mentors, Dennis Lehane, about the publication of his latest novel, at the Writers’ Guild Theater in Los Angeles, May 23rd 7:30 pm. Buy tickets here
I could not be more honored to share the news that “Pleasantville” has won the 2016 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. I’ll be in Washington, D.C. on September 22nd to receive the award at a ceremony at the Library of Congress as a part of the National Book Festival.
I am so honored to be included in this incredible sisterhood of women writers with beautiful and difficult stories to tell. Bailey’s Prize Longlist 2016
This photo is included in the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual library (in collaboration with the Schomburg Center). That’s my dad, and inspiration for Jay Porter, on the right.
AUSTIN / 10/17 – 10/18 I’ll be at the 2015 Texas Book Festival. More details here. CLEVELAND / 11/20 I’ll be a featured speaker as part of the Lockwood Thompson Dialogues at the Cleveland Public Library. More details to come here.
It is always a blessing to feel understood. Pleasantville by Attica Locke – murder in a mayoral race.
Had a chance to chat with David Ulin of the Los Angeles Times. Pre-order Pleasantville now!
I could not be more pleased or honored to have Pleasantville reviewed in this Sunday’s Independent. “Pleasantville is every inch as impressive as its predecessors, with a new nuance and complexity burnishing the narrative.”
LOS ANGELES / APR 18 I’ll be at my favorite event of the year, The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. See full schedule here. LOS ANGELES / APR 22 I’ll be at Skylight Books, 7:30 PM HOUSTON / APR 27 I’ll be at Brazos Bookstore, 7 PM LOS ANGELES / MAY 20 I’ll be … Read more
What a blessing to be part of this amazing show Empire breaks records!