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Check out this list of most popular authors from RCLS patrons who are reading eBooks this spring.
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Click on their name for biographical information and then "find out more" to see a list of their books. Click on "track author" and receive emails when they have new works out that are added to our collection.
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Amy Bloom
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AMY BLOOM is the author of two novels and two collections of short stories, one a nominee for the National Book Award and the other a National Book Critics Circle Award nominee. Her stories have appeared in Best American Short Stories, Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards, and numer |
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Annie Barrows
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I could tell you a whole bunch of facts about myself--born here, went to school there, blah blah--but that doesn't seem like much fun. So I've decided to make you guys do some work. If you can figure out these puzzles, you'll know all sorts of interesting things about |
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Agatha Christie
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Agatha Christie was born in 1890 and created the detective Hercule Poirot in her debut novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920). She achieved wide popularity with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) and produced a total of eighty novels and short-story collections over six dec |
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Patricia Cornwell
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In 1990, Patricia Cornwell sold her first novel, Postmortem, while working at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. An auspicious debut, it went on to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d'Aventure |
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Nelson DeMille
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I was born in New York City in 1943. My father was a Canadian, serving at that time with the American Navy, and my mother was a Brooklyn native, trying to figure out how to grow a Victory Garden for the war effort.My family moved to Elmont, Long Island, New York in 1947 where my father... |
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Jane Green
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Jane Green's eighteenth novel, Falling, is soon to be released with Berkley/Penguin; she is the author of sixteen previous New York Times Bestselling novels, and known as one of the world's leading authors in women's fiction, with over ten million books in print, and t |
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Greg Iles
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Greg Iles was born in 1960 in Germany where his father ran the US Embassy medical clinic during the height of the Cold War. After graduating from the University of Mississippi in 1983 he performed for several years with the rock band Frankly Scarlet and is currently member of the |
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Beth Kery
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Beth is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty novels. You may read more about Beth, her books, and upcoming projects at www.bethkery.com or on facebook.com/beth.kery |
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Ayana Mathis
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Ayana Mathis is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and is a recipient of the Michener-Copernicus Fellowship. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is her first novel. |
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Amy Meyerson
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Amy Meyerson teaches in the writing department at the University of Southern California, where she completed her graduate work in creative writing. She has been published in numerous literary magazines and currently lives in Los Angeles. The Bookshop of Yesterdays is her first n |
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James Patterson
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From my publisher:James Patterson...*James Patterson holds the New York Times bestsellers list record with 63 New York Times bestselling titles.*JP has sold more than 220 million books worldwide. And considering pass-along and libraries, it's safe to say many more people than that |
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Lynsay Sands
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Born in Southern Ontario, Lynsay Sands is the New York Times bestselling author of the Argeneau Vampire series. She has written more than 34 books and anthologies since her first novel was published in 1997. Her romantic comedies span three genres - historical, contemporary, and p |
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Jill Shalvis
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New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis lives in a small town in the Sierras full of quirky characters. Any resemblance to the quirky characters in her books is, um, mostly coincidental. Look for Jill's bestselling, award-winning books wherever romances are sold and vis |
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Daniel Silva
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In 1995 he confessed to Jamie that his true ambition was to be a novelist. With her support and encouragement he secretly began work on the manuscript that would eventually become the instant bestseller The Unlikely Spy. He left CNN in 1997 after the book's successful publicat |
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Rosie Walsh
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Rosie Walsh has lived and travelled all over the world, working as a documentary producer and writer. 'Ghosted' is her first book under her own name. She lives in Bristol, UK, with her partner and son. |
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