Hachette Speakers Bureau Author News Archive
Your source for all Hachette author news, events and happenings past and present.
Your source for all Hachette author news, events and happenings past and present.
Nancy Trejos, Author of Hot Broke Messes, Shares Her Money Saving Advice with CNN
Aug 30, 2010
Read Full Article Here Young and strapped for cash By Jennifer Icklan, producer August 20, 2010: 4:58 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- If you're in your 20s and 30s and feel cash-strapped, you're... Read More
Jonathan Merritt, Author of Green Like God, Featured in USA Today
Aug 23, 2010
Read Full Article Here What if the end isn't near? In our ever-shrinking world, the tentacles of religion touch everything from governmental policy to individual morality to our basic social constructs.... Read More
Po Bronson & Ashley Merrymen for Newsweek: The Decline of Creativity
Jul 20, 2010
Read Full Article Here Forget Brainstorming What you think you know about fostering creativity is wrong. A look at what really works. Brainstorming in a group became popular in 1953 with the publication of a... Read More
Jonathan Merritt For CNN Belief Blog: How should Christians respond to the oil spill?
Jun 21, 2010
Read Full Article Here By Jonathan Merritt, Special to CNN What was your first response when you got news that a catastrophic explosion had caused a leak at a BP oil rig? Did you... Read More
Kate Braestrup, author of Marriage and Other Acts of Charity, in Guideposts magazine, on stands now!
Jun 15, 2010
Read Full Article Here No News. Just Joy. By Kate Braestrup When I was a new widow, my kindly cousin Tommy, wishing to cheer me up, decided to take me to see the live broadcast of Saturday Night Live in New... Read More
Politicians Behind a Push to Fight: Ventura County Star Reviews Evan Thomas' The War Lovers
Jun 15, 2010
Read Full Article Here By James McGrath Morris Washington Post Writers Group Saturday, June 12, 2010 More than a century before a recent president who had never seen combat led the U.S. into... Read More
MarieClaire.com Interviews Hot (Broke) Messes Author, Nancy Trejos
Jun 01, 2010
Read Full Article Here The Costs of Dating May 24, 2010 2:25 PM by Maura Kelly Lovelies: Ah, money and dating: the question of who pays for what (and how much) can be a contentious and... Read More
How to Never Look Fat Again Author, Charla Krupp, For Workchic.com: Look Five Pounds Thinner!
Jun 01, 2010
Read Full Article Here Makeover Manual - Work it, Girl: Look Five Pounds Thinner! May 20, 2010 | From: Workchic.com Who can't stand... Read More
The Financial Times Book Review: Hitch 22 by Christopher Hitchens
May 25, 2010
Read Full Article Here Hitch-22 Review by Edward Luce Published: May 21 2010 23:23 | Last updated: May 21 2010 23:23 There came a point in Christopher Hitchens’ memoir when this reviewer nearly... Read More
Po Bronson's What Should I Do With My Life?: Books for Graduates Setting Out on That Next Big Adventure
May 25, 2010
Read Full Article Here By Vickie Elmer Sunday, May 23, 2010 After ceremonies called commencement, graduates must start something new, perhaps a journey toward a career or on to further... Read More
Southern Baptist Leader, Jonathan Merritt, Urges Christians to Go Green for God
May 10, 2010
Read Full Article Here By Bob Allen Wednesday, April 28, 2010 DULUTH, Ga. (ABP) -- Jonathan Merritt says he was both disappointed and pleasantly surprised by the response he received after organizing several hundred Southern... Read More
Evan Thomas, author of The War Lovers, On Why Men Love War
May 06, 2010
Read Full Article Here Book Excerpt: ‘The War Lovers’ by Evan Thomas Complete War Stories coverage By Evan Thomas | NEWSWEEK Published Apr 30, 2010 From the magazine issue dated May 10, 2010 Theodore Roosevelt wanted a war, and almost... Read More
Details Magazine Interviews Sebastian Junger
Apr 30, 2010
Read Full Article Here Sebastian Junger The Perfect Storm author discusses military life in Afghanistan, why his new book War is his most personal yet,... Read More
Get Rid of Performance Reviews, Author Says
Apr 27, 2010
Read Full Article Here Apr 20, 4:12 PM EDT Get rid of performance reviews, author says By ERIN CONROY AP Business Writer PERFORMANCE PREVIEW:... Read More
The Sweet Smell of Gunpowder
Apr 27, 2010
Read Full Article Here The Sweet Smell of Gunpowder Apr 22nd 2010 From The Economist print edition Whoopee! Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders had the country behind them The War... Read More
Experts Tell How to Raise a Better Kid Instead of a Better Liar
Apr 23, 2010
Read Full Article Here Experts tell how to raise an honest kid instead of a better liar By Mari-Jane Williams Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, April 22, 2010 Your child's first... Read More
How to Escape From Debt
Apr 19, 2010
Read Full Article Here How to Escape From Debt By Kimberly Palmer Posted: April 19, 2010 As a personal finance reporter for The Washington Post, Nancy Trejos spent her... Read More
Throw Out 50 Things This Spring . . . And You Just Might Feel Reborn
Apr 16, 2010
Read Full Article Here By Michelle Singletary Sunday, April 4, 2010 THROW OUT FIFTY THINGS Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life by Gail Blanke Springboard Press. 304 pp.... Read More
Charla Krupp: Fat Day Fixes You’ve Got to Try
Apr 05, 2010
By Jessica Knoll | Cosmopolitan Most of the time, you know you look smokin’. But even the most confident chicks can be sidelined by the occasional fat day. Charla Krupp, style expert and author of the new book, How to Never Look Fat Again, shares her secret weapons for days when you... Read More
Charla Krupp: Look thinner in 'no-fat' clothing
Apr 05, 2010
By Linda Petty | CNN (CNN) -- Mirror, mirror on the wall -- tell me my body faults, one and all. That's what a lot of women ask their mirrors to tell them, at least until they get a boyfriend or a husband they can torture with the dreaded question, "Does this dress (or blouse, pair of... Read More
Ashley Merryman, Co-Author of Nurturshock, Chosen for Vital Speech of the Week
Mar 19, 2010
Vital Speech of the Week On Parenting: Surprising research, and what to do with it "I'd send you a prepared or as delivered remarks, if I could," Ashley Merryman writes us about her Oct. 23 speech, "but there aren't any—I ad-libbed it." Watch, and marvel - follow this link to see... Read More
Charla Krupp Profiled in TIME Magazine: How to Never Look Fat Again — Without Dieting
Mar 15, 2010
By: Andrea Sachs | Time Magazine Do you ever stare in the mirror and wince, certain that you look too heavy? Author Charla Krupp feels your pain. Even though she's a svelte style expert who has appeared on dozens of TV shows and written for top fashion magazines such as... Read More
Bill Sears' New Book Featured in Vogue
Feb 04, 2010
Health: Book Sense By: Megan Conway | Vogue When you consider the obstacles littering the path between you and your New Year’s resolution to get in shape—polar weather, overcrowded Spin classes—it’s no wonder most of us have opted to stay indoors, order Thai food, and wait for... Read More
Sue Johnson: The Love Doctor
Feb 03, 2010
The Love Doctor By Sarah Moore | More Sue Johnson is fascinated by love. Whether as a child watching men and women flirt in her parents' British pub, or as a doctorate student at the University of British... Read More
Book World review of Joshua Ferris's 'The Unnamed'
Jan 26, 2010
By Ron Charles Wednesday, January 20, 2010 THE UNNAMED By Joshua Ferris Reagan Arthur/Little, Brown. 310 pp. $24.99 WP BOOKSTORE Joshua Ferris constructs his new novel, "The Unnamed," around one of Emily Dickinson's most devastating poems, 13 lines of frostbitten despair that begins,... Read More
Harold Evans and His "Rag and Bone Men of the Opinion Trade"
Jan 26, 2010
Harold Evans, doubtless the finest English newspaper editor of his time, could make you weep in his memoir of formative days in Manchester and glory years (1965 - 1981) with the Sunday Times of London. Weep, that is, not so much for the anemic papers so close to death today, but weep for those... Read More
Career Comeback by Lisa Johnson Mandell: One of the Best New Books for Job Hunting
Jan 12, 2010
The Best New Books for Job Hunting by Rebecca Adler Warren Want a new job in the new year? These savvy reads will help you land a killer career. Career Comeback by Lisa Johnson Mandell Getting older can be a career killer—if you go about job hunting it the wrong way. Entertainment... Read More
Dan Senor's Start Up Nation Helps Explain Israel's PR Problem
Jan 06, 2010
Israel’s PR Problem The Jewish state is good at many things, like war and technology, but inept at promoting itself. It needs to get better, soon. By Michael Hirsh | Newsweek Though he lacks all credibility—even in his own country these days—Western journalists never... Read More
Susan Isaacs' Angry Conversations with God Named One of the Best Books of 2009
Dec 21, 2009
We reveal our list of the best books of the year. | Relevant Magazine As 2009 draws to a close, it's time to look at our favorites of the year. You've already seen what our favorite albums are; here are our favorite books (and be on the lookout for our favorite movies of... Read More
Robert Hicks' A Separate Country One of The Washington Post's Best Books of 2009
Dec 15, 2009
Holiday Guide: Best Books of 2009 The Washington Post Historical Fiction ALL OTHER NIGHTS, by Dara Horn (Norton, $24.95). Horn sends her fascinatingly conflicted Jewish protagonist, a Union soldier ordered to murder his uncle, roaming across a Civil War-torn landscape. -- WS THE... Read More
Ashley Merryman on Parenting
Dec 14, 2009
Ashley Merryman has co-authored numerous articles about parenthood. Over the past two years, she and journalist Po Bronson have collaborated on an award-winning series of articles in New York Magazine. Their most recent work, a... Read More
Mitch Joel's Six Pixels of Separation Top Read Among CEOs
Dec 04, 2009
800-CEO-READ, a leading direct supplier of book-based resources, compiles a monthly list of best-selling business books based on purchases by its corporate customers nationwide. Here are the best sellers for November 2009. THE TOP TEN: 1. "Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone Is Connected.... Read More
Publishers Weekly Interviews Joshua Ferris About His Latest Novel
Nov 17, 2009
Grasping at Hope by Shaun Manning | Publishers Weekly Joshua Ferris follows up his PEN/Hemingway Award–winning debut Then We Came to the End with The Unnamed, whose protagonist suffers from a... Read More
Taken in Vain: New London's Folly
Nov 16, 2009
Taken In Vain: New London's Folly With Pfizer Leaving, City Has Nothing But Weedy Acres To Show For Grandiose Development Scheme That Uprooted Homeowners And Razed A Neighborhood Read the full article... Read More
Dan Senor: Marching Through the Meltdown
Oct 28, 2009
Marching Through the Meltdown by Dan Senor & Saul Singer | The Daily Beast For all the press coverage of the Middle East, there is one side of Israel that gets scant attention: the country’s economy has the highest... Read More
Marcus Luttrell Honors Fallen Comrades at Sam Houston State University
Oct 09, 2009
Keeping the memory alive: Former Navy SEAL shares insight into dangerous mission as well as honors fallen comrades by Meagan Ellsworth & Victoria Craven | The Houstonian Red tie and black suit, the lone survivor stood tall in front of the empty chairs in the Killinger... Read More
Rupert Isaacson's Horse Boy Coming to Theatres
Sep 30, 2009
Seeking Aid for Autism in Mongolia By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS | The New York Times What do you do if your autistic son is unresponsive to treatment yet inexplicably soothed by the proximity of horses? If you are Rupert Isaacson and his wife, Kristin Neff, you take him to a country... Read More
Po Bronson: Should Children Redshirt Kindergarten?
Sep 04, 2009
Should Children Redshirt Kindergarten? By Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman | Newsweek Every September, the class of incoming American kindergartners is ever slightly older. In the U.S., kids who start kindergarten... Read More
Barbara Corcoran Embodies That Can-Do Entrepreneurial Spirit: TV Puts Tigress in its Shark Tank
Aug 14, 2009
TV puts tigress in its 'Shark Tank': Barbara Corcoran embodies that can-do entrepreneurial spirit BY Gina Salamone | New York Daily News Wanna-be entrepreneurs get the chance to score large sums of money to kick-start a business on "Shark Tank," premiering tonight on... Read More
Gail Blanke: What Are You Waiting For?
Jul 31, 2009
What Are You Waiting For? by Gail Blanke | Forbes Waiting is a national pastime. We wait for the mood to strike us, we wait for the weather to change, we wait for someone to strike up the band and give us our cue to start... Read More
Mitch Joel: Employment 2.0—The New Resume is Out There
Jul 16, 2009
Employment 2.0—The New Resume is Out There By Mitch Joel | Vancouver Sun There is no doubt that the employment landscape is shifting. It's not just the numbers out of Statistics Canada, and this has nothing to do with the national or local employment rate. It also has little to... Read More
Susan Issacs: The Rotisserie Chicken Gospel
Jul 02, 2009
The Rotisserie Chicken Gospel Author Susan Isaacs on comedy, church hopping, and having a 'middle-class white girl's Dark Night of the Soul.' Interview by Katelyn Beaty | Christianity Today Susan Isaacs ... Read More
Robert Wright Receives Glowing Review from The New York Times Sunday Book Review
Jun 29, 2009
No Smiting By PAUL BLOOM | The New York Times Sunday Book Review God has mellowed. The God that most Americans worship occasionally gets upset about abortion and gay marriage, but he is a softy compared with the Yahweh of the Hebrew Bible. That was a warrior God, savagely... Read More
Author Ben Sherwood for Parade: Surviving in America's Recession Capital
Jun 12, 2009
Surviving in America's Recession Capital by Ben Sherwood published: 06/14/2009 Ben Solomon wears two cellphones clipped to his belt. The one on his left hip is for his family and friends, and the one on his right hip is for local families facing foreclosure. The 65-year-old mayor of El... Read More
The New York Times Magazine Interviews Robert Wright about The Evolution of God
Jun 02, 2009
Questions for Robert Wright Evolutionary Theology Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON | The New York Times Magazine “The Evolution of God,” your new book on the history of religion, strikes me as a welcome antidote... Read More
Bob Beaudine Shares the Trick to Landing Your Dream Job
May 20, 2009
Hunting for a Job? Make Your Contacts Work for You by Cherry Hall | The Dallas Morning News PLANO – Forget traditional networking with near strangers. Executive headhunter Bob Beaudine says you already know everyone... Read More
BusinessWeek Profiles Randall Jones
May 19, 2009
Who Are the Richest People in Town? Every town has a richest person. Do you know who the richest person in your town is? Have you ever wondered who the richest man in town is? W. Randall Jones has. The former magazine... Read More
AOL Reviews Lisa Nichol's No Matter What!
May 12, 2009
Lisa Nichols: Living the Life You Love by Lynnette Holloway | AOL BV Book Shelf Lisa Nichols helped scores of people realize their dreams through her best-selling 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' series and her appearance on the... Read More
Christopher Hitchens for Slate: Ruthless Yet Humane – Why Obama Cited Churchill on Torture
May 05, 2009
Ruthless yet Humane Why Obama cited Churchill on torture. By Christopher Hitchens | Slate He didn't get the attention he deserved for it, but President Obama was very cleverly fusing liberal principles with an appeal... Read More
The New York Times Sunday Book Review Praises Christopher Buckley's Losing Mum & Pup
May 03, 2009
Parting Words By THOMAS MALLON | The New York Times Last fall, when he declared his support for Barack Obama, Christopher Buckley was more or less excommunicated from the pages of National Review, the magazine... Read More
New Self-Help Books Inspire In Our Troubled Times
Apr 30, 2009
New self-help books inspire in our troubled times Lifestyles_Happy_Life_Books By MEGAN K. SCOTT Associated Press Writer Posted: Apr. 23, 2009 NEW YORK Finding a better job. Staying calm. Reinventing yourself. In these tough times, there's a wealth of books offering the silver... Read More
Christopher Buckley's Cover Story for The New York Times Magazine
Apr 29, 2009
Growing Up Buckley By CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY New York Times Magazine Lady Bracknell: Are your parents living? Jack: I have lost both my parents. Lady Bracknell: To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as... Read More
Exclusive Q&A with Teen Author Rachel Nalebuff: 'I want women to share their stories'
Apr 29, 2009
Teen author: I want women to share their stories' By CASSANDRA SPRATLING - Detroit Free Press Though it eventually happens to almost every girl, it's rare that women and girls talk about it aloud with ease. But 18-year-old Rachel Kauder Nalebuff hopes to change that -... Read More
A Gallop Towards Hope: One Family's Adventure in Fighting Autism
Apr 24, 2009
By MOTOKO RICH When Rupert Isaacson decided to take his autistic son, Rowan, on a trip to Mongolia to ride horses and seek the help of shamans two years ago, he had a gut instinct that the adventure would have a healing effect on the boy. Mr. Isaacson's instinct was rewarded after the trip,... Read More
Spotlight Finds Eminent Domain Crusader
Apr 24, 2009
Spotlight Finds Eminent Domain Crusader By LARY BLOOM Published: April 17, 2009 OVER many years, Susette Kelo stood up against corporate power and New London officials, and became known around the country as the woman who couldn�t be moved. But four years after her eminent domain case was... Read More