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Colorado Author — Paula Reed

May 18, 2009 By: Patricia

Remember that teaser blog last week about Author Janet? I was playing around. Our Colorado author of the week is Paula Reed.

Everything else I told you about her was true. She was a teacher at Columbine in 1999, she has been published in the romance genre, and she has just sold a historical novel that I am very eager to read. The publisher is St. Martin’s Press. The novel is Hester, scheduled for release early in 2010. Yes, we’re talking about the Hester of Nathanial Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter.

In Paula’s own words, quoted from her website: “What did a strong, intelligent, passionate woman like Hester Prynne ever see in a wimp like Arthur Dimmesdale? And where did Hester and her daughter Pearl go when they left New England? What did they do? Why did Hester return to America?

Hester answers those questions. It follows Hester and Pearl across the Atlantic, where they discover intrigue, passion, love, and fortune, but where Hester must also face the most formidable Puritan of all—Oliver Cromwell.”

To read more about Paula Reed and her novel, including an excerpt from Hester, please visit her website. And if you wish to follow Paula’s journey toward publication, please visit her blog. I’m betting the journey will be quite a ride.

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Comments

  1. Karen Brees says

    May 27, 2009 at 11:42 am

    It’s nice to read your Colorado author posts. Gives you a “brand” in a manner of speaking and also spreads the goodness around. Good post.

  2. Kerrie says

    May 19, 2009 at 2:04 pm

    Paula was the guest author for Northern Colorado Writers last week and she was amazing.

  3. N A Sharpe says

    May 18, 2009 at 10:36 pm

    Sounds like a great premise for a novel – Hester’s tale. I’ll definitely check out her website and blog.

    Nancy
    http://nasharpe.blogspot.com

  4. Helen Ginger says

    May 18, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    I love authors who can take established characters and carry them past the end of a book into new adventures. Sounds like this will be quite interesting.

    Helen
    Straight From Hel

  5. K. A. Laity says

    May 18, 2009 at 3:10 pm

    Sounds wonderful!

  6. Jina Bacarr says

    May 18, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    Excellent presentation of what promises to be a provoking and fascinating read.

    Jina

    http://tinyurl.com/BerlinSexDiary

  7. Jennifer Taggart, TheSmartMama says

    May 18, 2009 at 1:20 pm

    Solid post to entice readers to follow the journey . . .

    Jennifer Taggart
    http://www.thesmartmama.com/bg

  8. Elizabeth Spann Craig says

    May 18, 2009 at 1:01 pm

    Very interesting! Thanks for the info…I’ll add “Hester” to my summer reading list. I always wondered what Hester saw in Dimmesdale.

    Elizabeth
    http://www.mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/

  9. Paula Reed says

    May 18, 2009 at 12:22 pm

    Wow! It’s so cool to see folks getting excited about the book this far out from publication! I’ve just finished up my first round of edits, and my editor and I are in conversation about cover art, so it’s well in the works. Once it’s out, I’ll be interested to hear what you all think.

  10. Jane Kennedy Sutton says

    May 18, 2009 at 10:12 am

    What an interesting concept for a novel. I’m off to find out more.

    Jane Kennedy Sutton
    http://janekennedysutton.blogspot.com/

  11. Galen Kindley says

    May 18, 2009 at 9:07 am

    I just love, love,love this kind of approach to a novel…you know, sort of a follow-up, or continuation. What happens next. This topic sounds particularly good. I will for sure watch for it. Thanks for bring it to our attention, now, to scoot over to her website.

    Galen.

  12. Marvin D. Wilson says

    May 18, 2009 at 8:36 am

    Very gracious of you – this post – thanks for the heads-up and links!

  13. Karen Walker says

    May 18, 2009 at 8:16 am

    She sounds wonderful. Will definitely check it out. Thanks.

    Karen Walker
    http://www.karenfollowingthewhispers.blogspot.com

  14. alexisgrant says

    May 18, 2009 at 7:07 am

    Glad to hear about another author I’ll want to follow. Thanks!

Meet Patricia

I read, I write, I blog, and sometimes I do the laundry and cook. My 2014 novel, Dead Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller category of the 2015 Colorado Book Awards. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage, December 20, 2017) is a historical mystery set in 1830s Illinois in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. The novel was a finalist for the 2018 Colorado Book Awards for General Fiction. Read More…

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