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Pulpwood Queens
The Pulpwood Queens is a meet-and-greet Book discussion club, book club founded in early 2000 in Jefferson, Texas, by Kathy Patrick, Kathy L. Patrick in a combined beauty salon and bookstore, Beauty and the Book. In a joint effort with Random House, the club spawned an Internet book club show that began in January 2011, ''Beauty and the Book: Where Reading is Always in Style''. History Dedicated to promoting literacy and good literature, Pulpwood Queens has grown from an initial six members to, a decade later, more than 2,000 members and 400 chapters, including 10 in foreign countries and one in a women's prison. The club selects a "book of the month," which ''Variety'' reporter Jonathan Bing said "has an unusual amount of clout." In June 2002, members of the book club appeared on ABC's ''Good Morning America'' with the introduction, "These Southern ladies are devotees of cocktails, good food, and high hair." Girlfriend Weekend Its annual convention, Girlfriend Weekend, is held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathryn Casey
Kathryn Casey is an American writer of mystery novels and non-fiction books. She is best known for writing ''She Wanted It All'', which recounts the case of Celeste Beard, who married an Austin multimillionaire only to convince her lesbian lover, Tracey Tarlton, to kill him. Early life and education In 1980, Casey moved with her husband to Texas. She attended the University of Houston and earned a degree in journalism. Career In 1984, Casey began writing as an intern at the now-defunct ''Houston City Magazine''. She left two years later as a senior editor. She then worked for two years as editor of ''Ultra'', a regional magazine geared toward wealthy Texans. Casey wrote for ''Ladies' Home Journal'', where she was a contributing editor for 18 years, as well as ''More (magazine)'', ''TV Guide'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''Seventeen (American magazine), Seventeen'', ''Reader's Digest'', and ''Texas Monthly''. During her years as a magazine journalist, Casey interviewed celebrities in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
