2006 News Archive

• 19 December 2006.  HIDE does it again!  Hide just received its second starred review, this time from notoriously hard-to-impress Booklist.  "Gardner fans look out," David Pitt warns, "this riveting novel represents the author at the height of her powers."  Kind of makes you wish it were January 30 already doesn't it?
  
  
• 27 November 2006.  HIDE receives its first review, and it's a highly coveted *starred* review from Publisher's Weekly, which raves, "Gardner takes the reader on a nail-biting ride to the thrilling climax
  
  
• 20 November 2006.  GONE wins reviewers pick award from San Francisco Chronicles as one of the best books of 2006. The San Francisco Chronicles quotes, "A straightforward police procedural mixes with a horrific kidnapping tale for a highly satisfying result.
  
  
• 2 October 2006.  New: the fourth annual Kill a Friend, Maim a Buddy Sweepstakes. The contest lasts until May 25, 2007 and the winners will appear in Lisa's 2008 hardcover. Apparently, FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy will have some Lucky Stiff to kill. Never a dull moment in a Lisa Gardner novel. Don't forget to enter our monthly contest, too!
  
  
• 30 September 2006.  ARCs—Advance Reading Copies—of HIDE have arrived! Want to be the first on your block to read Lisa's latest novel, HIDE, due out January 30, 2007? Lisa will be giving away advance reading copies via the monthly contest from now until January. So sign up, cross your fingers, and pray you can win the next installment in Bobby Dodge's search for an elusive predator who seems to have come back from the dead.
  

• 28 September 2006.  Thank you Bookspan! Lisa has just learned that her upcoming novel, HIDE, has been selected as a Main Selection in Doubleday Book Club and Literary Guild and as a Featured Alternate in Mystery Guild and Doubleday Large Print. Both the Doubleday Book Club and Literary Guild will pair Lisa with James Patterson's STEP ON A CRACK in their brochure. Not bad at all!
  
  
• 26 September 2006.  Congratulations to GONE, which has now spent 8 weeks on the Library Journal's list of 15 most requested titles in the U.S.  Not bad for a January publication  to still be hitting lists in September.
  
  
• 16 August 2006.  Serendipity strikes again!  A savvy reader happened to notice that Susan Elizabeth Phillips's August 29th paperback release, MATCH ME IF YOU CAN, and Lisa's upcoming January '07 release, HIDE, share something in common:  a heroine named Annabelle Granger.  Upon comparing notes, Lisa learned that Susan Elizabeth Phillips named her heroine after Hermione from Harry Potter, whereas Lisa was honoring her father's side of the family, the Grangers.  So purely by chance, the literary world is now graced with two Annabelle Grangers in two fabulously original novels.
  
  
• 4 May 2006.  As long-time supporters of the Boys & Girls Club of America, Lisa and her husband were very excited to attend the Centennial Celebration in Boston . What a night! After being welcomed by Ben Affleck, serenaded by Ruben Stoddard and rocked by Kool & the Gang, Lisa and Anthony got to listen to heartfelt speeches from such sports greats as Tony Gonzales, Dontrelle Willis and Willie McGinest as they were inducted into the Alumnae Hall of Fame. Actor Courtney Vance emceed the event, which also inducted John Antioco, Chairman and CEO of Blockbuster, Kool & the Gang and several others into the very illustrious Hall of Fame. Afterwards, Lisa and Anthony got a chance to hobnob with the celebrities, which basically meant Anthony did his best to rub shoulders with Anna Kournikova, while Lisa tried to get up the courage to approach Ruben Stoddard. Oh, that man can sing! The next morning included speeches from General Wesley Clark and Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig. All in all, a wonderful celebration for a great organization. Happy birthday, Boys & Girls Club, and thank you for letting us be a part of it.
  
  
• 13 March 2006.  Lisa's interview with David English (David's Book Talk) will air on Leisure Talk Radio Network from March 20 - March 26. David's Book Talk airs six time per day on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3, 7 and 11 a.m. and p.m. (EDT).
  
  
• 09 February 2006.  Lisa is very excited to announce that her latest novel, GONE  hit the New York Times bestsellers list, the USA Today list, and the Wall Street Journal.  GONE  is number 6 on the Publisher Weekly list for the week of February 13. Go, GONE....
  
  
• 05 January 2006.  ALONE roars into the New Year!  Lisa is very excited to report that ALONE will debut #4 on the upcoming January 15, New York Times list, while placing #8 on the January 5 USA Today bestsellers list.  Lisa received word last night, and spent a glorious evening doing the Snoopy dance with family and friends.  Then she woke up this morning to a vomiting child, so apparently, her life is now back to business as usual.  But she's still #4...