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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 15, 2007 Contact Information: Ann Rudolph GLORIA MALLETTE Releases New Book LIVING, BREATHING LIES June 15, 2007 With the release of Living, Breathing Lies on June 15, 2007, national best-selling author Gloria Mallette returns to her self-publishing roots. In 2000, Mallette self-published her second novel, Shades of Jade; sold 13,000 copies and was picked up by Random House who re-released Shades of Jade in 2001. Since publishing Shades of Jade, Mallette has made several best-seller’s lists with several of her titles, including: If There Be Pain, What’s Done in the Dark, Distant Lover, The Honey Well, and Weeping Willows Dance. Fans of Mallette’s powerful dramas are once again set to get caught up in her realistic portrayal of her characters’ lives. Living, Breathing Lies exposes the stunning lie that Mallette’s main character, Nadirah Lewis, has unwittingly lived for seventeen years in her Aunt Stephanie’s house. But it will take another vicious lie and a threat to Nadirah’s career as a school teacher to infuse Nadirah with the courage to fight back. Yet, while the revelation of these lies give Nadirah the courage to find herself, she must also accept the fact that those same lies may well destroy the lives of those closest to her. Mallette says of her work, “I write with a touch of suspense, a smidgen of mystery, and a dab of romance.” Publisher’s Weekly has said, “Mallette's great strength is her willingness to reveal the weaknesses and occasional petty vindictiveness of all her protagonists.,” and “Mallette's balanced perspective and well-rounded characters will keep fans riveted.” For more about Gloria Mallette, visit WWW.GLORIAMALLETTE.COM. Living, Breathing Lies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ISBN: 978-0-9678789-2-8 Distributors: Ingram Books, Baker & Taylor Books, A & B Books |
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BIOGRAPHY Author Gloria Mallette, a winner in the USA Book News Best Book 2007 Awards for African American Fiction, was first published in 1995 by Holloway House with the title WHEN WE PRACTICE TO DECEIVE while she was employed part-time as a Federal Perkins Loan Coordinator at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York. However, by 2000, with five manuscripts and several rejection letters from major publishing houses in her file cabinet, with a nudge from her husband, Gloria stepped timidly out onto the self-publishing track. In April of 2000, Gloria self-published SHADES OF JADE and by August had sold 13,000 copies when Random House came calling. SHADES OF JADE was re-published in June of 2001 and has since made several best sellers lists, including Black Board, Essence Magazine, The Dallas Morning News, The Washington Post/Washington is Also Reading listing and Upscale Magazine. Gloria has been featured in ToDay’s Black Woman (2003, 2007), The New York Daily News (2000), USA Today ( 2001), The Pocono Record (2006, 2007), and has a novella, COME TOMORROW, featured on the USAToday.com website. To date, Gloria has nine titles: LIVING, BREATHING LIES, IF THERE BE PAIN, WHAT’S DONE IN THE DARK, DISTANT LOVER, THE HONEY WELL, PROMISES TO KEEP, WEEPING WILLOWS DANCE, SHADES OF JADE and WHEN WE PRACTICE TO DECIEVE. Her tenth title, SASSY, will be released June 2008. Gloria Mallette was a life long Brooklyn, New York resident, but she now call the mountains of Northeast Pennsylvania home. |
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