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Sarah Pekkanen

Sarah Pekkanen
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Sarah Pekkanen

Sarah Pekkanen is the internationally bestselling author of The Opposite of Me and Skipping a Beat and the original short estory "All is Bright". Her novels have won rave reviews from O Magazine, People, Harper's Bazaar and The Washington Post. Please... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. A group of girlfriends, a bottle or three of wine, and chocolate can make just about anything easier to bear.
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My life in 8 words: "Chaotic, chocoholic, comedic... messy, madcap... Martha Stewart's nightmare!"
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These Girls will be released on April 10, 2012 in Trade Paperback, eBook
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Love, Accidentally will be released on December 13, 2011 in eBook
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Love, Accidentally is now available in eBook
Dec 13, 2011
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Excerpt 1 from These Girls
Jul 09, 2011
Something to Read About is now available in
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Skipping a Beat will be released on February 22, 2011 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Feb 22, 2011
Skipping a Beat is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Feb 22, 2011
All Is Bright will be released on December 21, 2010 in
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Sarah Pekkanen Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. A group of girlfriends, a bottle or three of wine, and chocolate can make just about anything easier to bear. Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you? A. Humor, compassion, integrity. Q. Which living person do you most admire? A. I admire bits and pieces of just about everyone I know. Q. What is your greatest achievement? A. Helping my three young kids turn into the funny, loving, quirky people they were meant to be. Q. What’s your best quality? A. I like most people, and I don't take offense easily. Unless you mess with my kids. Then I'm like the Mob. Learn more about Sarah Pekkanen

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Gaithersburg Patch, February 8, 2012
...Buzz Bissinger, John Feinstein, Adam Hochschild and Jim Lehrer; fiction authors Jane Green, Tom McNeal, Matthew Norman and Sarah Pekkanen; mystery award-winners Brad Parks, Len Rosen and Steve Ulfelder; and children and young adult favorites Tom...
Examiner.com, December 12, 2011
...A heartwarming story about moving on and celebrating the holidays after ending a relationship, All is Bright by Sarah Pekkanen focuses on the future and moving past what was left behind.Elise returns to Chicago to visit her family for...
Rescu, October 17, 2011
...A realistic, romantic drama that delves into the emotional aspects of financial problems in relationships, Sarah Pekkanen’s Skipping A Beat has been praised by Oprah’s O Magazine and The Washington Post. Beware – the ending may shock some readers...
Seattle Times, July 24, 2011
...a father's attempt to get to know his three children after his wife's sudden death. By Sarah Pekkanen The Washington Post Related Top comments Hide / Show comments 'One Summer' Grand Central, 333 pp., $25.99 This isn't the typical fare from the writer...
Washington Post, March 18, 2011
...when it comes to children’s and young adult novels, many publishers are scrambling to capture the attention of the elusive, picky boy readers....
Examiner.com, December 12, 2011
...A heartwarming story about moving on and celebrating the holidays after ending a relationship, All is Bright by Sarah Pekkanen focuses on the future and moving past what was left behind.Elise returns to Chicago to visit her family for...
Media Bistro, November 11, 2011
...keep your mind focused. Over at Endpaper Notes, you can read daily NaNoWriMo advice from different authors. Novelist Sarah Pekkanen shared this particular piece of advice. Here?s more : ?If you have a good writing stretch, try to replicate the exact...
Booking Mama, October 12, 2011
...RELATIONSHIP features essays by some of very funny writers and comics, including Chelsea Handler, Jen Lancaster, Laurie Notaro, Sarah Pekkanen, Jane Green, Stephanie Klein, Allie Larkin, Alec Mapa, Jenny Gardiner, Rita Mae Brown, Jill Conner Browne and...
She Is Too Fond Of Books ..., October 7, 2011
...newest novel, Falling Together. To learn more about the novel, and to enter the giveaway (generously sponsored by Sarah Pekkanen ), click over to my giveaways page...
LIT AND LIFE, September 16, 2011
...might yet be able to talk him out of giving everything away. When I got an email from Sarah Pekkanen a couple of months ago, asking if I'd be interested in reviewing one of her books, I think she could probably hear the squee in my voice in...
Devourer of Books, July 31, 2011
...by Margaret and A.H. Rey Other Posts: Authors Helping Authors, an Interview with Authors Kim Wright and Sarah Pekkanen Cool Down with Agatha Christie – And Then There Were None Discussion BOOK CLUB – The Reservoir by John Milliken Thompson Me,...
Devourer of Books, July 24, 2011
...with a computer on my lap. One particularly interesting thing was an interview between authors Kim Wright and Sarah Pekkanen discussing social media and the ways in which authors help one another. In addition to that, were a number of reviews: ...