Thursday, January 27, 2011

Carla Buckley Chats About Her New Release and Fab Contest

Chevy Stevens is the NYT Bestselling debut author of Still Missing (St. Martins, 2010). Recently she sat down and had a chat with Carla Buckley, debut author of The Things That Keep Us Here (Random House, 2010) about the forthcoming release of Carla’s critically-acclaimed book in trade paperback.

Chevy: The Things That Keep Us Here is about a family trying to survive a terrible pandemic and although there are lots of fascinating scientific facts—some which are still keeping me up at night—the book never inundated us with boring data. Personally, I hate it when an author dumps a bunch of information in the middle of a book, but I know how hard it can be to resistIn this Jan. 4, 2017 file photo, Oakland, Calif., Mayor Libby Schaaf, right, applauds as newly named Oakland Chief of Police Anne Kirkpatrick, center, is introduced during a media conference in Oakland. When Kirkpatrick took the helm at the scandal-ridden Oakland Police Department, she inherited an agency that the city's mayor likened to a frat house. Kirkpatrick is among the growing number of women heading departments, many in need of image makeovers. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

In this Jan. 4, 2017 file photo, Oakland, Calif., Mayor Libby Schaaf, right, applauds as newly named Oakland Chief of Police Anne Kirkpatrick, center, is introduced during a media conference in Oakland. When Kirkpatrick took the helm at the scandal-ridden Oakland Police Department, she inherited an agency that the city's mayor likened to