Stephanie Klein Greek Tragedy

It’s May 1st, Lei Day. Also known as May Day, which kinda makes me want to switch on a Jane Austen film and watch the wealthy toss their polished coins in the air as stainless children dressed like puffs frolic…

I have every cookbook ever sold. Or so Phil tells me every time I inch my way through our door with a new one. "What’s in the bag?" he asks, "And can you still return it?" Cookbooks impart a great…

There’s always that awkward moment when someone has read your book and they don’t know quite what to say to you. My sister-in-law, I remember, was on the phone with me, saying she’d just begun to read Straight Up and…

"Between The Sheets" is coming. I’ll be including deleted material and additional material, things like excerpts from my actual proposals, emails where I quizzed my friends, asking them to name their fears and contents of their handbags. Here’s a quick…

May 27 Austin • May 28 Dallas • May 30 Miami • June 2 Washington DC • June 3 Manhasset NY • June 4 New York City • June 6 DePaul University Chicago • June 7 Printers Row Book Fair…

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When your book is finally formatted and togged up in its fancy new design, complete with the table of contents and dedication pages, it’s called the "first pass." You’re sent your entire manuscript–by now copy edited, proofed, and vetted–with instructions…