Early praise for Taylor Polites’ THE REBEL WIFE in Booklist

Booklist Advanced Review – Uncorrected Proof Issue: December 15, 2011 The Rebel Wife. Polites, Taylor M. (Author) Feb 2012. 304 p. Simon & Schuster, hardcover,  $25.00. (9781451629514). When her husband dies of a disturbing blood fever, Augusta Branson escapes the strict bonds of marriage in the Reconstruction-era South, only to find herself trapped by unexpected .. read more

Congratulations to Ashley Judd!

Ashley Judd’s memoir, ALL THAT IS BITTER AND SWEET debuted at #4 on the New York Times Bestseller list! It is now on its 6th week on the list.

Ashely Judd’s incredible interview on the Today Show!

Watch Ashley Judd’s amazing interview on the Today show.

Ashley Judd in USA Today

Read Ashley Judd’s USA Today book review and watch Ashley’s interview with them.

Ashley Judd in People magazine

Read the interview here.  People interview

Tennie McCarty and Shades of Hope premiere in their new show, “Addicted to Food” tonight on the OWN network

Addicted to Food to Premiere on Oprah’s OWN Network April 5th

“Addicted to Food” is an eight-episode docu-series that follows eating disorder patients at a treatment facility as they work to put the pieces of their lives back together. The facility specializes in the treatment of eating disorders and co-occurring addictions, along with the multiple underlying abuses that cause food-related issues, whether sexual, drug-related, physical or .. read more

Taylor Polites’s untitled debut novel sold to Touchstone Fireside

Fiction: Debut Taylor Polites’s untitled novel in the Southern Gothic tradition set in Reconstruction Alabama about a young wife whose husband dies of a mysterious blood fever, leaving her to navigate a world irrevocably altered by war, political treachery, and racial conflict where everyone is hiding something from her and her desire for independence may .. read more

Melanie Thorne’s debut novel HAND ME DOWN sold to Dutton

February 4, 2011 Fiction: Debut Melanie Thorne’s debut, HAND ME DOWN, in which a series of family betrayals propels a fourteen-year-old girl across the American West on a dangerous journey of broken promises as she searches for a home of her own choosing, to Denise Roy at Dutton, in a pre-empt, by Trena Keating at .. read more

Ashley Judd to speak at The Second Annual Women in the World Summit

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-09-30/announcing-the-second-annual-women-in-the-world-summit/