In Nice, a former photographer sees the husband of the woman he ran off with seven years earlier and whom then, wearing an extremely valuable diamond of dubious origins, disappeared in the company of an enigmatic and increasingly intimidating couple. But was she really married to this man? What actually happened? The slow tease that…(Read More)
Paris-bound
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La joie! I’ll be in Paris the first week of March 2015, with three public events. On March 2, find me amongst the writers/musicians/artists at SpokenWord Paris, each for a five-minute performance. On the evenings of March 3 & 6, I’ll be reading and answering questions along with three other…(Read More)
Did I neglect to mention publication of my short story, “WildLife,” in The Carolina Quarterly, Summer 2014? This is what happens when you fall into the rabbit hole of novel revision. Many thanks to the magazine’s winning staff at Chapel Hill. Find it here…(Read More)
“By the last day of our stay in the game reserve, I had relaxed enough to leave the girls to their own devices while my husband and I joined an armed ranger on a walking safari, proscribed to kids sixteen or under. They had a good time. Amongst giraffes and whistling thorn trees, my husband…(Read More)
The aforementioned essay, “Free Range,” on traveling with my daughters in Tanzania, has been selected for The Best Women’s Travel Writing, Volume 10, along with a score of other true stories by peripatetic women writers. The anthology is now out and available for purchase…(Read More)
A New Essay
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“Free Range,” an essay I wrote for Brain, Child magazine this spring about taking my two young daughters to Tanzania — and ensuing perils — is now available to read online. Here it is…(Read More)
Sur le sable
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Written by a contemporary French author I admire, Michèle Lesbre, Sur le sable (2009) is a paean to Modiano, a contemporary French author Lesbre clearly admires. In pure Modiano style, a chance encounter between two lost souls on a beach, as a house burns in the night behind them, results in the unspooling of…(Read More)
Anne and Scottish author Jason Donald will be at OfftheShelf bookshop in downtown Geneva – signing their own books, recommending other authors’ books, and chatting with customers – on Saturday, June 7, 13.45 – 15.00, as part of a “Love Your Local Bookshop” celebration. For more info, please see here…(Read More)
Expat Life
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Switzerland’s news-in-English magazine, The Local, spoke with Anne recently about An Unexpected Guest and living as an expat writer: “My life feels very rich for having lived and spent time in many different places… But living as an expat isn’t like being on an endless holiday.” For the full article, please…(Read More)
A spellbinding account of environmentalism, obsession, myth, the Pacific Northwest, native peoples, and one extraordinary magical golden Sitka spruce standing lone and proud on an island in British Columbia, sprung from an article by the author, John Vaillant, in The New Yorker. A must-read for anyone interested in any of the above topics–and…(Read More)
