In the News
The Book of Lost Friends earns TOP 10 nod in the best historical fiction category, 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards.
The Book of Lost Friends earns Earphones Award from AUDIOFILE magazine:
Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation recommends The Book of Lost Friends, August 2020
Blog — Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation
Today Show picks Before We Were Yours as one of top 10 Summer Reads
National Public Radio link to interview about Before We Were Yours & Before and After.
Before We Were Yours wins 2018 Southern Book Prize for Southern fiction — Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance
Before We Were Yours chosen for a Wiki: Top 10 Historical Fiction Books of 2018! Learn more at Wiki url:
https://wiki.ezvid.com/best-historical-fiction-books
Before We Were Yours is the Goodreads Choice Award Winner in Historical Fiction 2017.
https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-historical-fiction-books-201
BEFORE WE WERE YOURS made the pages of Politico, via the reading recommendations of the Senior Advisor and chief of staff to the Secretary Of the Air Force.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/19/playbook-birthday-alleigh-marre-537330
Before We Were Yours chosen by Little Free Library as a 2019 Action Book Club selection. The Action Book Club, a free program of the Little Free Library nonprofit, combines reading with social engagement. In a twist on the traditional book club, the Action Book Club invites participants to read books, engage in discussion, then take part in meaningful group projects to benefit their communities. Think of it as “good reads and good deeds.” https://littlefreelibrary.org/abc-reading-we-are-family/
BEFORE WE WERE YOURS earns a spot on Wiki’s Spectacularly Written Historical Fiction Novels list.
https://wiki.ezvid.com/m/X8fQC8-ZZM4gN
Texas syndicated columnist Glenn Dromgoole writes about the success of Before We Were Yours.
Parade magazine. calls Before We Were Yours “One of the summer’s best reads.”
People magazine selected Before We Were Yours as a People Picks, June 12, 2017! “A poignant, engrossing tale about sibling love.”
Talbots stores nationwide feature Before We Were Yours as one of five summer book club selections!
Shreveport Times says about Before We Were Yours: “Take note: This may be the best book of the year.”
The Shreveport Times reviews Before We Were Yours in Judy Christie’s book column.
Chattanooga Magazine on the history behind Before We Were Yours
Before We Were Yours awarded Best Historical Fiction of 2017 by Goodreads members.
https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-historical-fiction-books-2017
Bookbub featured this Book Club Kit (see also the Penguin Random House kit on the For Book Clubs tab above.)
Before We Were Yours is a Southern Independent Booksellers Association Okra Pick for Spring, 2017!
The Spring 2017 SIBA Okra List
Before We Were Yours on Independent Bookstores’ Best sellers list
• KWTX TV interview with Lisa Wingate
• The Story Keeper official book trailer.
• Lisa Wingate talks with radio host about the true-life inspirations for The Summer Kitchen.
• KWTX CBS 10 interview with Emily Iazzetti about writing, life, and Dandelion Summer.
• KAMU TV interview about Beyond Summer and the Blue Sky Hills Series
• Q & A about the inspirations for Larkspur Cove
• Abilene Reporter-News article/review of Larkspur Cover
• Texas Reads column hails Dandelion Summer
• A Month of Summer audio from Recorded Books wins the Audie from Audio Publisher’s Association!
• Lisa Wingate on Texas Author Series
• KWBU TV interview about A Month of Summer
• All Things Southern with Shellie Rushing Tomlinson radio interview about Dandelion Summer
• Photo coverage from the Gospel Cafe benefit booksigning