Cari Lynn's Blog

Check out Trevor Noah talking about--and reading from!--BECOMING MS. BURTON!
http://www.cc.com/video-clips/tr80ff/...

Hear the fabulous Terry Gross interview Susan Burton about our book BECOMING MS. BURTON! http://www.npr.org/2017/05/16/5285876...

So excited for my new collaboration, the memoir of social justice activist, Susan Burton! Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women

Pre-order now from Indiebound!

A heads up that I've slated two events in Madam Josie's stomping grounds: I'll be speaking at the Louisiana Book Festival on November 1st (panel TBD). Then I hop to NOLA for an intimate book reading/Q&A at Octavia Books on November 2nd at 4pm.

I discovered a fun little website I'd like to share in case you've ever felt that the most hyped-up books were, well, overrated. UnderratedReads.com seeks to find good books that may be hovering just under the radar. (And they did a lovely review of Madam after one of their reviewers stumbled across it in New Orleans!)

http://underratedreads.jacquelinejung...

So here's an odd question: Would you like to be a character in a novel? Specifically...my next novel, set in 1800s New Orleans. This all came about when a friend who's a big supporter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society asked me to participate in this year's auction by naming a character in my next book after the highest bidder.

The "next book" is in the same vein as MADAM—historical fiction about real characters and events in 1800-1900s New Orleans. I'll give the auction winner some character options, such as: a jazz musician, an aristocrat, a bartender, a teacher, a Southern belle, a prostitute, a cop, a mistress, a scorned wife...you get the idea. We can even discuss the winner's lineage and try to come up with something historically accurate.

All proceeds from this auction go directly to fund non-Hodgkin's lymphoma research. Here's the link if you or anyone you know might be interested in bidding (there are other fun things to bid on as well): http://www.501auctions.com/llsla/item...

Winners will be announced on May 31st at the Los Angeles gala, but you don't need to be present to win.

Thanks for your support!
Cari

Hi Everyone, if you happen to be in Los Angeles tonight (May 8), I'll be talking about some of the vintage photos in MADAM: A Novel of New Orleans and doing a brief reading. It'll be at the wonderful indie store Book Soup on Sunset Blvd. at 7pm.

I'm also about to try my hand at making pralines for the first time. Now, I am fully aware that it's daring (and perhaps foolish) to try a recipe for the first time on the day you're planning to serve said dish. But here I have (not surprisingly) waited until the last minute. But I've got my candy thermometer (um, still in it's package) waiting!
Madam: A Novel of New Orleans