• November 4, 2007: Catching Genius has been nominated for a Florida Book Award!
• November 2, 2007: MATTERS OF FAITH is officially available for pre-order on Amazon!
• May 25, 2007: Kristy's new novel, MATTERS OF FAITH, has sold to Penguin/Berkley for publication in 2008!
• May 2007: Books-A-Million has featured Catching Genius for their Mother's Day promotion, along with just eleven other titles, including novels by Anita Shreve, Fannie Flagg, Maeve Binchy, Jan Karon, Danielle Steel, Luanne Rice, Barbara Delinsky, Jill Kargman, Mary Alice Monroe, and Ann B. Ross. Needless to say, Kristy is awed to be in such company. Happy Mother's Day!
• April: Kristy spent April roaming the globe promoting Catching Genius. It went well.
• March 24, 2007: Catching Genius is featured on Campaign for the American Reader as well as The Page 69 Test!
• March 22, 2007: Two weeks after its debut, Catching Genius has gone into a second printing!
• March 4, 2007: This week's issue (March 06, 2007) of Quick & Simple features Catching Genius in their "Entertainment" section!
• March 3, 2007: More reviews from Mostly Fiction and Booklist, the American Library Association's book review source.
• February 28, 2007: Kristy had great fun this morning, early this morning, on Fox 4 Rising, Southwest Florida's morning show! Did you see her? Drop her a line and tell her how her hair looked...
• February 22, 2007: The inspiration for Catching Genius is the subject on Backstory this week!
• February 15, 2007: Reviews are in from BookPage and Publishers Weekly, with heady comments calling Catching Genius stunning, poignant, moving, and a must read ~ Check the Reviews page!
• February 5, 2007: Catching Genius has been chosen as an Ingram Reading Group Selection, along with Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, Linda Olsson's Astrid and Veronika, Arthur Japin's In Lucia's Eyes, Ellen Cooney's A Private Hotel for Gentle Ladies, and Thrity Umrigar's The Space Between Us.
• January 4, 2007: Good Housekeeping's new weekly magazine Quick & Simple will be featuring Catching Genius in their March 6 edition!
• January 3, 2007: The Naples Sun Times article on The Debutante Ball!
• December 18, 2006: The Ft. Myers News-Press interview for The Debutante Ball!
• December 2, 2006: Penguin has completed the book club reading group guide for Catching Genius! (It's in the book too.)
• December 1, 2006: Guest blogging on Murderati and Killer Year!
• October 11, 2006: And got us a mention on Galleycat, too!
• October 9, 2006: Author Tasha Alexander and I hit New York City!
• September 15, 2006: The Debutante Ball is live. Waltz on by!
• September 10, 2006: Zarina Docken, talented artist and author, interviewed me for her wonderful blog, Likha. Read the interview!
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August ~ 2008
• August 3 ~ Webchat at Writer's Chatroom 7-9pm
• August 5 ~ Publication day for MATTERS OF FAITH
• August 27 ~ Sarasota Herald-Tribune Bookclub
• September 10 ~ Books & Books, Bal Harbour
• November 7 ~ Collier County Friends of the Library Reception November 14-19, Miami Book Fair
2009
• January 26 ~ AAUW of Marco island
• March 18 ~ Pelican Landing Luncheon