From the Desk
Go beyond the final page and into the minds of the storytellers themselves. From the Desk features original essays, letters to readers, and exclusive commentary from Blackstone authors.
Introducing Alexandra Sokoloff & Craig Robertson
On June 23, we will officially break our wedding vows. It’s the day our joint novel, The Grapevine, is published.
Breaking your vows is a big deal for any couple and our only plea of mitigation is ...
Introducing Bestselling Author David R. Slayton
From the Desk of David R. Slayton:
Ancient myth is messy. What we know and what we think we know are inextricably tangled. When Zeus and the Olympians overthrew their forefathers, the Titans, we're...
Introducing David Bergen
From the Desk of David Bergen:
Dear Reader,
Years ago, I spent time with my family in Phanat Nikhom, Thailand. We lived in a duplex surrounded by rice paddies. A dirt road passed by the front of th...
Introducing Sally Page
From the Desk of Sally Page:
Dear Readers,
As an author, I am best known for my characters and for celebrating the extraordinary that is within our ordinary lives. However, in my new novel Six Litt...
Introducing Alex Messenger
From the Desk of Alex Messenger:
Dear Reader,
I’ll admit, I was nervous — about to launch a novel about survival in deep cold, and winter was being chased away by sunshine and meltwater. But winter...
Introducing Tammye Huf
From the Desk of Tammye Huf:
Dear Readers,
When you’re growing up, your family is just your family, and you don’t really think much about it. All of the extraordinary things they’ve done, all the c...
Why Murder Someone on a Plane?
From the Desk of Susan Walter:
Hello, readers!
Susan Walter here, author of the upcoming locked-room mystery-thriller Murder at 30,000 Feet. “Why oh why would you murder someone on a plane?” you as...
A Blackstone Author Accused of Murder
From the Desk of Marshall Karp:
You ever been accused of murder? I was.
I was 24 years old. I was driving across the country, and I checked into a hotel in Tulsa. Not a motel. A hotel. A bit pricey...