Helen Simonson's Blog: Is the first novel the hardest? - Posts Tagged "new-book"

Just a quick note to let my Goodreads friends know that my second novel has been officially accepted for publication by Random House and will be coming out some time next spring, 2016. More info later this summer but I can tell you it's more pages than Major P. so get ready to settle in for a long, and hopefully satisfying, read! Meanwhile, I'm settling in to begin novel number three and putting the first few pages down on the computer this week! It's a beautiful spring day in Brooklyn and all the cherry blossoms are in bloom. Perfect writing conditions.

Just back from book tour in the Carolinas and I'm off to Vero Beach and Stuart, FL this week. Hope to meet some Goodreads readers there! The paperback of The Summer Before The War is now out and I just learned it will debut at #13 on the Indie bestseller list for March 1. Very exciting news. Thank you to all of you who rushed out to buy it. It's so fun to see my paperback in all the airport bookshops as I travel. I sort of hang about in front of the display taking pictures and hope someone will ask me why - no luck so far! Off to pack...