"To say I was enthralled is an understatement. In fact, I wish it could have been even longer than its’ 416 pages because Kat was such an appealing character to hang out with – curious, bright, passionate, and unpredictable. I loved the vividly realized historical details of the court and fashions of the time. Oh and I loved the writing . . ."
From Presenting Lenore

Lenore is also sponsoring a mega giveaway pack (donated by me) of a signed copy of The Stolen One, $75 worth of MAC make up and a $25 gift certificate. She already has 192 comments! Here's the link:
http://presentinglenore.blogspot.com/2009/09/cover-interview-and-mega-prize-pack.html

And Kathy Erksine has an interview with my up at her website. Kathy is the author of the upcoming "Mockingbird" a fabulous book. I interviwed her for my article on "Voices in Autism" in School Library Journal.

http://kathyerskine.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/suzanne-crowley-interview/

Last Thursday night I had a booksigning at Borders and signed over 30 books. Borders said they presold 20 also. After, friends and family joined me at Gloria's, a nearby jummy mexican food place.



Signing copies



Me with librarian Rose Brock who brought two teacher friends



Me with my sister Karen



Me with my friend Connie





Good friends from my Newcomers Group


Librarians Janet, Lucy, me, and Jane from Keller ISD

And lately I've had some very glamorous things happening. 360West magazine came to my home and photographed me for an article about me and the book. It's coming out in the October issue and I hope to blog more about it when it comes out.

And last Tuesday I got to go with my friend Missy by invitation of our designer Adrian Wright to meet Earl Spencer where he was making an appearance at a showroom in Dallas. He was signing books about Althorp, his ancestral home and also signing pieces of furniture that are exact replicas of pieces from Althorp. He made a very warm and funny speech about growing up at Althorp and what it takes to keep a 500 year old house running. He told an anecdote of when Winston Churchill came to Althorp to do research in a special room with ancient and irreplacable documents. The earl's grandfather walked in to find Winston smoking a cigar so he quickly threw a glass of water on him.



Missy, Earl Spencer, and me with a double chin