“K” Kathleen Kent is my favorite local author. She writes historical fiction and has branched out into the noir genre as well. Her first novel, The Heretic’s Daughter, was written about her ancestor, Martha Carrier, who was executed for being a witch during the Salem trials. The prequel to that book, Kent’s second work of…
I just finished reading Dallas author Kathleen Kent’s second novel, The Wolves of Andover, released a few weeks ago. Published by Little, Brown and Company, I found this sophomore effort by Ms. Kent to be a fine prequel to The HERetic’s Daughter. This fictionalized historical prequel is the story of how Martha Allen…
Do you have a favorite publishing house — one that puts out books that you constantly find yourself wanting to read? If so, who? And, what books have they published that you’ve loved? (This question/meme is again courtesy of MizB via Just One More Page.) Right now my favorite publishing house is Hachette Book Group.…
Another free Arts and Letters Live event held during the Dallas Museum of Art’s Late Nights series was extremely enjoyable. The museum was crowded as it is the last weekend of the King Tut exhibition before it leaves for San Francisco. No other exhibitions were on display yet, but I did learn about the upcoming…
I have been meaning to write about the new, independently-owned bookstore where I went to hear Kathleen Kent speak and get her book The HERetic’s Daughter autographed. Legacy Books (www.legacybooksonline.com) is the non-chain bookstore located at The Shops at Legacy (Dallas Parkway and Legacy Drive in Plano) next to the Williams-Sonoma at Home store. When…
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