My attempt to keep this website updated with posts about the upcoming release of The Salt House, my debut novel, and other writerly shenanigans was hijacked by a seasonal occurrence called, well…summer. As the mother of three teenagers, this isn’t my first summer rodeo. I know when the bell dings on that last day of school, and […]

A couple of days after I received an email from my editor welcoming me to the Touchstone/Simon and Schuster family, a FedEx van pulled up in front of my house. I was working at my desk, (read: dining room table), when the dogs sleeping under my desk (two labs, not smart or well-mannered) went berserk, […]