It was only when my publicist Derry Wilkins at Sourcebooks Fire asked if I had any images that I wanted to send to the producer for my appearance on the TV show, Rise and Shine, that I thought: How could I forget? Mom. Mom with Orville. 1944-1945. One of the central characters in While He [...]
Oklahoma. That’s where I’ve been these past few days, visiting family and spending time at two wonderful independent bookstores, Best of Books in Edmond and Full Circle Books in Oklahoma City. I signed copies of While He Was Away and talked with incredible readers and writers. I also appeared on the TV show, Rise & [...]
Or: Why I Kept on Keeping on Writing While He Was Away Fiction is about everything human and we are made out of dust, and if you scorn getting yourself dusty, then you shouldn’t try to write fiction. It’s not a grand enough job for you. —Flannery O’Connor On May 1st—May Day! May Day!—my young [...]
Just launched a site for While He Was Away. There’s a free chapter on board . . . I’d love it if you’d take a gander. http://www.karenschreck.com/while-he-was-away/ Thanks!
Coming NOW to a laptop or portable cellular device near you . . . Created by videographer, Austyn Bailiff (who is not only brilliant, but funny, gentle, kind, smart, and a really hardworker.
And from Kirkus, the reviewers who pride themselves on being “The World’s Toughest Book Critics sm”, (!), comes this take on While He Was Away: (Spoiler alert . . . only read the bold type if you like your plots to be totally surprising.) WHILE HE WAS AWAY (reviewed on April 15, 2012) “When her [...]
Today I slipped into the RT Booklovers Convention to hear the Sourcebooks Spotlight Presentation. I was thrilled to attend from the get-go—it was the a wonderful opportunity to meet my editor for While He Was Away, Leah Hultenschmidt, for the first time. (For more on Leah, check out this interview.) I was not surprised to find [...]
Karen Halvorsen Schreck By: Teo Schreck On a cold winter day on January 4,1962 Karen Halvorsen was born in Elmhurst, Illinois. The first 3 people she saw were the nurse, doctor and her mom. Then Karen was brought to her home. Karen grew up in a small house in the pleasant town of Winfield, Illinois. [...]
“The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who’ll get me a book I ain’t read.” — Abraham Lincoln This past Friday, I attended my second Illinois Author and Illustrator Luncheon at the 44th Annual Illinois Reading Council Conference. I’m a big, big fan of the IRC and [...]
As Aubrey Poole, assistant editor for While He Was Away, wrote: “No more tweaks or changes—this is the file going to the printers!”