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Jo-Ann Mapson

Jo-Ann Mapson
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Jo-Ann Mapson

Jo-Ann Mapson is the author of eight novels. She teaches fiction in the MFA program at the University of Alaska, and lives with her husband and four dogs in Anchorage, Alaska, where she is at work on a new novel. Visit her at www.joannmapson.com.

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Excerpt 1 from Bad Girl Creek
Sep 23, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Goodbye, Earl
Aug 31, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Along Came Mary
Aug 04, 2012
The Owl & Moon Cafe will be released on July 04, 2006 in Trade Paperback
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The Owl & Moon Cafe is now available in Trade Paperback
Jul 04, 2006
The Owl & Moon Cafe will be released on July 03, 2006 in eBook
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Goodbye, Earl will be released on December 21, 2004 in Trade Paperback
Dec 21, 2004
Goodbye, Earl is now available in Trade Paperback
Dec 21, 2004
Goodbye, Earl will be released on January 19, 2004 in eBook
Jan 19, 2004

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Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, February 27, 2013
...has been characterized as "edgy and engaging, sexy and suspenseful" by critics, The Owl and Moon Café by Jo-Ann Mapson, Kimberla Lawson Roby's Love, Honor and Betray, Trader of Secrets by Steve Martini, Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth, and Spy...
Femail, February 19, 2013
...a few hours away, she finds herself right back in the past she thought she'd finally buried. Jo-Ann Mapson is the author of ten previous novels, including the beloved Solomon's Oak, winner of the American Library Association's 2011 RUSA Award for...
New Zealand Herald, February 8, 2013
...to Don, but once you do you'll find this a touching and rewarding read. Finding Casey by Jo-Ann Mapson (Bloomsbury $29.99) This is a bit of a tear-jerker that fans of the likes of Jodi Picoult will enjoy. Glory Vigil moves to Santa Fe, New Mexico, with...
Melbourne Age, January 26, 2013
...original sense, but also Calvinistic (and as she notes, the two words are not contradictory). NOVEL Finding Casey Jo-Ann Mapson Bloomsbury, $24.99 Finding Casey is the sequel to Solomon's Oak. The three damaged characters of that novel have made a...
Albuquerque Journal, December 18, 2012
...Albuquerque?” piece from 1942, which helped to put the Duke City on the national map. * Best-selling novelist Jo-Ann Mapson describes her sartorial sojourn into New Mexico Style. * Biographer Kate Nelson describes Native artist Helen Hardin’s...
USA Today, December 11, 2012
...Rainbow Road and Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas. True love overcomes all obstacles, for sure.Finding Casey by Jo-Ann Mapson. Maybe not an official romance, but full of heart, love & redemption with a true HEA! And I'm in love with the hero! Dee Davis,...
The Independent, November 23, 2012
...Jo-Ann Mapson is fast appropriating Larry McMurtry territory with her tales of modern day cowpokes and medicine men. This follow-up to her novel Solomon's Oak finds a middle-aged mother setting...
Clovis News Journal, January 5, 2013
..."Finding Casey" by Jo-Ann Mapson, Contemporary Native American Artists by Ken Lingad, "Working the Land" by Sandra Schackel, "Into the Heat" by Cindy Bellinger, and "The Step-By-Step Guide to Playing World's Best 250...
Albuquerque Journal, December 18, 2012
...Albuquerque?” piece from 1942, which helped to put the Duke City on the national map. * Best-selling novelist Jo-Ann Mapson describes her sartorial sojourn into New Mexico Style. * Biographer Kate Nelson describes Native artist Helen Hardin’s...
USA Today, December 11, 2012
...Rainbow Road and Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas. True love overcomes all obstacles, for sure.Finding Casey by Jo-Ann Mapson. Maybe not an official romance, but full of heart, love & redemption with a true HEA! And I'm in love with the hero! Dee Davis,...
The Independent, November 23, 2012
...Jo-Ann Mapson is fast appropriating Larry McMurtry territory with her tales of modern day cowpokes and medicine men. This follow-up to her novel Solomon's Oak finds a middle-aged mother setting...
Examiner.com, November 7, 2012
...entitled, “Pacing Your Book from Start to Finish: Adding Tension to Tighten a Sagging Middle” - with authors Jo-Ann Mapson & Judith Ryan Hendricks ($190 & Lunch). At 7 p.m. - “Adventures with Tony Hillerman” - with author Anne Hillerman &...
Individual.com, November 4, 2012
...Even before the workshop-laden conference begins Thursday evening, Nov. 8, there will be an all-day preconference workshop. Authors Jo-Ann Mapson and Judith Ryan Hendricks will discuss "Pacing Your Book from Start to Finish: Adding Tension to Tighten a...
NPR, October 17, 2012
...breeds violence in the aftermath of a sexual assault. Alan Cheuse reviews the southwest novel, Finding Casey by Jo-Ann Mapson. Please keep your community civil. All comments must follow the NPR.org Community rules and Terms of Use. NPR reserves the...