tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27840182090205068802012-02-16T16:54:34.614-08:00laura lee smithLaura Lee Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507840488618098666noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2784018209020506880.post-38938395458995389562011-04-01T08:12:00.000-07:002011-04-01T08:33:46.772-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-itXMLwTCODA/TZXuqBYA_1I/AAAAAAAAASo/NDRYIrfykIU/s1600/GroveAtlantic.bmp"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 108px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 78px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590636918141419346" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-itXMLwTCODA/TZXuqBYA_1I/AAAAAAAAASo/NDRYIrfykIU/s320/GroveAtlantic.bmp" /></a> It's official. My novel <em>Hearts of Palm</em> has been accepted for publication by <a href="http://www.groveatlantic.com/">Grove Atlantic</a>. The book will be released in about a year's time. I'm proud to be working with this fine publisher and tremendously grateful to my agent, <a href="http://www.sobelweber.com/">Sobel Weber Associates</a>, for their patient, generous help throughout the last year. <br /><div></div><br /><div>My hero, <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/authors/russo/">Mr. Richard Russo</a>, read the manuscript and had this to say:</div><br /><div>"Intelligence, heart, wit...Laura Lee Smith has all the tools and <em>Hearts of Palm</em> is a very impressive first novel." ~ Richard Russo, winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. </div><br /><div>I'm awed and incredibly thankful, needless to say. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2784018209020506880-3893839545899538956?l=lauraleesmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laura Lee Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507840488618098666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2784018209020506880.post-31794014281243770362010-12-08T07:14:00.000-08:002010-12-08T07:24:33.537-08:00Thank you to University of New Orleans' <em>Bayou Magazine</em> for publishing "Da Nang Hummingbirds" in its latest issue. The story features KISS, newborn babies and Evel Knievel. Writers have the best job in the world.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2784018209020506880-3179401428124377036?l=lauraleesmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laura Lee Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507840488618098666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2784018209020506880.post-45413807720319961842010-12-08T06:33:00.000-08:002010-12-08T06:37:52.406-08:00My story "This Trembling Earth" was selected for inclusion in the 25th anniversary edition of <em>New Stories From the South: The Year's Best</em>. The book was released in August. Big, big, honor. Very pleased, to say the least. Thank you, Amy Hempel.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2784018209020506880-4541380772031996184?l=lauraleesmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laura Lee Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507840488618098666noreply@blogger.com0