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When a glamorous literary agent falls prey to a violent stalker she discovers that the publishing biz can really be murder for fans of The Spellman Files and Maisie DobbsSuspenseful Barbara Rogan cleverly explores our capacity for self-deception and weaves it into an absorbing mystery that keeps its secret until the very end NPRJo Donovan always manages to come out on top Originally from the backwoods of Appalachia she forged a hard path to elegant lunches and parties among New York Citys literati At thirty-five shes the widow of the renowned novelist and notorious playboy Hugo Donovan the owner of one of the best literary agencies in town and is one of the most sought-after agents in the business But all this is about to fall apart as a would-be client turns stalker a hack shops around a proposal for an unauthorized tell-all biography of Hugo and a handsome old flame shows up without warningBoth a seasoned author and a former literary agent herself Barbara Rogan knows the publishing world from all angles Fans of Lisa Lutz and Jaqueline Winspear will adore Jo Donovan and Rogans wickedly sharp tale that skewers the dangerous fictions we readand the dangerous fictions we tell ourselves.
About the Author
Barbara Rogan is the author of eight novels, including SUSPICION and HINDSIGHT(Simon & Schuster) . Her books have been translated into a dozen languages, featured by the major book clubs, optioned for movie and television and issued as audio books and ebooks. Her next novel will appear early in 2013 with Viking/Penguin.
Barbara has also worked extensively in publishing. She started as an editor for a large New York publisher. After moving to Israel, she was the founder and, for 12 years, director of the Barbara Rogan Literary Agency. During that period, she served on the Board of Directors of the Jerusalem Book Fair.
After returning to the U.S., Barbara taught fiction writing at Hofstra University and currently teaches for Writers Digest University and in her own online school, Next Level Workshops, where she also offers editing services to fiction writers. She's a frequent lecturer on both the business and craft of writing and teaches seminars and master classes at writers' conferences.
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