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Meghan Ward

I'm a freelance writer and book editor who specializes in memoir. For more info, visit my website.

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New York Times Bestselling Author Julia Scheeres Talks About A Thousand Lives

Some of you may remember this interview, which I posted in November, 2009, with New York Times bestselling author of Jesus Land, Julia Scheeres. Nearly two years later, Scheeres’ book about Jonestown, A Thousand Lives, has been released after rave reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times.

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San Francisco Writers’ Grotto Open House

If you’re a Bay Area writer, be sure to stop by our open house this Thursday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. The Writers’ Grotto is opening its doors after hours for food, wine, mingling, and a showing of who’s here and what we’re up to. Drop by to hear Grottoites read from their recent books, [...]

Author Interview: Julia Scheeres

Julia Scheeres is the author of the New York Times Bestseller Jesus Land, published in 2006. Today she is working on a book titled Jonestown, due out in 2011.

(Jonestown was a utopian community formed by Americans in Guyana, South America, under the leadership of a Bay Area preacher named Jim Jones. On [...]