Barbara Flores, a designer and author, stands in front of two of her poster creations and holds copies of her four books, including a memoir about her marriage breakup. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Brian Biggane
It was about the time Barbara Flor
The Delray Beach Public Library’s luncheon with author India Hicks drew more than 300 attendees, who enjoyed champagne, a raffle with prizes and a meet-and-greet with Hicks. She is a best-selling author, designer and mother of five who also has an ep
Daniel Hartwell resembles actor Owen Wilson so much that people often stop him to have their photos taken with him. But he’s not Owen Wilson. He’s a concert promoter and author of a book on the Beatles’ John Lennon. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By
Jessie O’Neill, author of The Golden Ghetto, grew up in Gulf Stream and lives in coastal Delray Beach. Her grandfather served as U.S. defense secretary. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Jessie O’Neill gained some measure of celebrity after her book, Th
By Lona O’Connor
The way that Lynn Migdal has chosen to grieve is very particular to her. She is the first to point that out, in the introduction to her 2017 book, Eternal Love Connections.
Her unorthodox approach adds a dash of magic and maybe even
By Janis Fontaine
The Jewish Women’s Foundation of South Palm Beach County will host its 2017 Granting Wishes award announcements and reception at 5:30 p.m. March 15, at Boca Rio Golf Club, 22041 Boca Rio Road in Boca Raton.
The guest speaker
Dick Schmidt drew heavily on his experiences in the Caribbean and as a sailor and pilot
when writing his book, The Boy and the Dolphin.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Accountant. Developer. Pilot. Sailor. Philanthropist.
Dick Schmidt of Boca Ra
Miami Herald columnist and novelist Carl Hiaasen gave students
at Gulf Stream School advice on how best to become a writer.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
“The job of a writer is to entertain,” the writer began. “If you can’t tell a st
By Steve Pike
Sometimes fiction makes the best truth.
Bob Brink looked up from his plate of fried mushrooms and smiled at the notion.
“That’s it in a nutshell,” said Brink, a former reporter for The Palm Beach Post and Palm Beach Illustrated magazine. “
By Steve Pike
It’s always a challenge and risk for an author to write about a well-known historical figure. When that figure is Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, youngest daughter of Russian Czar Nicholas II, the bar is raised even higher.
In his
By Steve Pike
It was quite an adventure for Daring Dog to find his way to book form. Whereas many books eventually become screenplays and perhaps even movies, Charlotte Jerace’s flying dog hero of The Adventures of Daring Dog started out as a screen
By Steve Pike
Talk about killer real estate. Ocean Ridge resident Terry Halfhill’s third self-published novel, The Briny Brotherhood, tells the purely fictional story of living, killing and dying in Briny Breezes as the book’s different characte
Kim Weiss captured images of sunrises from the terrace of her Boynton Beach apartment. Photo provided
By Steve Pike
“There is never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.’’ — Carlos Santana
Kim Weiss can relate to a guitar legend’s senti
Barb Schmidt watches as her books roll down the line
at HCI Printing and Publishing in Deerfield Beach.
Photos provided
Barb Schmidt introduced her book, The Practice, during an event at Florida Atlantic University last month.
INSET BELOW: Cover of
Author Harvey Oyer III has been named Florida Distinguished Author for his trilogy of children’s books.
Below, a mugshot of Oyer.
By Ron Hayes
A fifth-generation Floridian, former chairman of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County and pr
Winston Aarons of Delray Beach set his new novel, Jasmine,
in southern Palm Beach County. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
Sunday morning strollers along Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach may have noticed a professorial gentleman seated a
Megan Mulry’s A Royal Pain will be in
bookstores Nov. 1. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
“What can I do while the kids are in school?”
Some women learn to play tennis. Some take up yoga.
Megan Mulry tackled a royal romance.
Her famil
Ann Rutherford of Boca Raton brought her charitable activism
to another level with her book Flags of Freedom, honoring the men
and women who serve in the armed forces. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
What does being an American mean to you?
That’s t
By Emily J. Minor
They were different times back then, certainly, what with free love and the women’s movement and the Vietnam War. And for local resident and writer Kristin Alexandre, it was, in so many ways, the defining years of her life.
Yo
By Steve Pike
Shagball and Tangles are back.
Lantana author A.C. Brooks’ second book, Dead on the Dock, follows the former TV fishing show host and his pint-sized friend (and former Elvis impersonator) through a labyrinth of adventures that includes o
