Anne's Blog

Spending the weekend with a cold updating the website with my trusty webmaster, Scott, by my side. Bear with me, I am just getting the hang of this blogging business! Before too long, we should know if the skeleton found during an archeological dig in Leicester last summer is indeed that of King Richard III. DNA testing is being done as I write. I have created a separate page, "Richard III in the News," on my website for updates on this exciting development. I especially like the in-depth segment from a Canadian TV show that I have linked to. Of course, even if the bones are Richard's, it still will not clear up that wretched mystery of what happened to the princes in the Tower. Until royal permission is received to study the bones inside the urn in Westminster Abbey again, we will know no more. In the more than 40 years that I have been studying Richard, nothing in his character, nor with regard to a motive, suggested to me that he would have coldheartedly disposed o...

Hi from sunny Ann Arbor MI -- although looks like snow tomorrow. Daughter of York is well and truly launched with a fun celebration at my own town bookstore The jabberwocky in Newburyport on February 15th. Then it was on to New York and Connecticut where I was escorted around to several readings/booksignings by my energetic publicist from Simon & Schuster, Kelly Bowen. It's so great to meet so many readers (or new readers. hopefully!) in person and thanks to those who braved the elements in Philadelphia to come out to hear me. Having your smiling faces in the audience made me less nervous. Daughter of York is getting some good reviews and I am so grateful for all the support I've been getting from my publisher and my lovely agent, Kirsten. Wish me well for the rest of the tour -- I'll be flying to Denver on Tuesday, 26th, if the weather gods are kind! And then on to my first time in Kansas City, where I plan to have a large steak! Home to Newburyport and back to writing...

Five days and counting to the launch of "Daughter of York"! It is such a thrill to walk into my local bookstore, where the celebration will be, and see copies of the book prominently displayed. Then I go on tour for two and a half weeks. Check out my website to check if I'll be visiting near you ... I would love to meet you!

Stopped in at http://www.redfoxbookstore.com /NASApp/store/IndexJsp in Glens Falls, NY while visiting family over Thanksgiving. Great to see a thriving bookstore back in Glens Falls! Red Fox will be handling book sales when I give my talk at the Crandall Library next April. -- Anne

If A Rose for the Crown were to be made into a motion picture, and you were the casting director, who would you cast in the lead roles? Kate Richard Jack Margaret