The Charm Bracelet debuted its first week out in May on Spiegel, the bestseller list in Germany and the equivalent of the New York Times bestseller list in the U.S., and has remained on the list now for over three consecutive months! I am beyond humbled and grateful to...
I am excited to announce that I have written a holiday novella—an e-book original—that will publish October 25 in time for the holidays. And it's only 99 cents so it's the perfect gift (and e-stocking stuffer) for all the readers in your life! Rich with the spirit of Christmas and...
The Charm Bracelet was the #1 bestselling book in Michigan in March and has also hit the Great Lakes Indie Bestseller List three times since its release! Thank you!...
In its first week out, The Charm Bracelet debuted on Italy's Bestseller List at #6 in fiction and #2 in foreign fiction! Grazie! ...
I was honored to write an original essay for Good Housekeeping's April issue. The essay is a deeply personal one about my grandmothers and their charm bracelets, and our family tradition of decorating graves on Memorial Day. "A Charmed Life" is part of the magazine's "Heart to Heart" essay in...
The Charm Bracelet has been selected as an April Indie Next Pick! I am beyond grateful to the nation's independent booksellers, many of which have read, supported and championed this book from its earliest stages. The novel will be featured in indie bookstores across the U.S. Stop by your favorite...
I'm thrilled that foreign rights for The Charm Bracelet have been sold in nine countries and counting, including Germany (book and audio rights), Italy, Spain, Poland, Russia, Norway, Turkey, Czech Republic and Lithuania. Here is the beautiful cover for the German edition: It's titled Für immer in deinem Herzen (Forever In Your Heart) in German, and...
Announcement in Publishers Weekly! Author of forthcoming The Charm Bracelet, Viola Shipman's The Hope Chest, about three people who have seemingly lost all hope until one woman's long forgotten hope chest is rediscovered in her attic, along with its contents and family secrets, again to Laurie Chittenden at Thomas Dunne Books, by Wendy Sherman at Wendy Sherman...