Catherine's News

Vol. 3224

No. 46

Happy Middle of the Summer:

I live in Sausalito, California, right over the Golden Gate Bridge. The weather here is perfect as far as I’m concerned. However, people like Mark Twain had the gall to write “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco,” No one can agree with him now: get ready for this: this is the THIRD time since the end of May that we have had weather in the 90’s for more than 30 minutes. There’s very little air conditioning in the Bay Area because one only expects to use it approximately one week a year, during September -- Indian summer. Not this year. You have a wet washcloth over your eyes and forehead and sleep until the washcloth gets dry, then you move the cats, wet it down again, and head for another hour and a half.

I think this hot spell will be four-five days. Thankfully, being a female, I don’t sweat, but men, unfortunately have muddy pores, poor buggers.

TailSpin came in at #3 on the New York Times Bestseller List, and Double Take came in at NUMBER ONE!!!! Thanks to all of you who were virtuous and caring enough and thoughtful enough and didn’t waste precious time and went out and BOUGHT the books! Thank YOU.

If you haven’t procured one or both of these wild and woolly adventures then I predict something that involves very hot weather will descend upon you, and no wash cloths.

I’m writing KnockOut, the 13th FBI thriller. Can you believe that? 13. It’s coming out of my head at a fantastic clip which means it can be very very good or very very psychotic, which means quite a bit of tinkering if the latter happens. Maybe, just maybe, by finishing this book quickly I’m buying myself time to write  a historical romance –- So get ready for the gentleman smuggler who appeared in The Sherbrooke Twins. Who is he? you ask. What’s his name? you ask. I haven’t a clue, but he’s lurking.

Have a happy Bastille Day – Catherine Coulter

P. S. PRE-SEASON begins in 29 days

Vol. Perfect 10 Number 1

Happy Incredible June:

Not only do we have the longest day in the year, we have the beginning of summer and wild vacations, and THE PUBLICATION OF: TAILSPIN, the 12th FBI thriller staring Savich and Sherlock plus two new characters, Rachael Abbott and Jack Crowne. This one’s wild, scary, charming, and complex. I hope you’ll really really like the messes I’m getting you into. Do let me know. And Last but not Least, THE PUBLICATION OF: DOUBLE TAKE in paperback. Both out together, ready to take you to the mat on June 24th.

Okay, this is the last thing: THE PUBLICATION OF: DOUBLE JEOPARDY in trade paperback (which came out June 3), with both The Target and The Edge together.

I’m off for our annual family vacation in the Outer Banks on Saturday. If you’re standing on a beach somewhere, looking out to sea, think of me and know I’ll probably be doing the same thing.

I hope you like TAILSPIN. I expect to hear from you all. CC

Vol. 001 No. 100

To: All of you Who Cannot Accept that it is MAY Already:

The L.A. Times Book Festival went splendidly. I met a couple of really cool authors (James Sheehan and John Lescroart), a trendy New York latte liberal with a sense of humor, an insane bookseller who played Harry Potter audios non-stop, and had rosemary and thyme planted on his counter, Mamie Eisenhower’s ghost who, it was claimed, was floating over Dodd Hall, particularly during lunch time.

The Suspense Panel was lots of fun, and hopefully the audience was sincere when they laughed. I was under a tent signing books other hours during the day, and, thank you, God, I didn’t have to stand outside in a long line roasting in a brutal sun only L.A. can produce.

To those of you who COULD have come but didn’t, I bespeak foul deeds.

THE SHINER, the 13th FBI book, is coming along well, for the most part. This week, though, it kicked my butt, came to a screeching halt and pointed out to me that I’ve really screwed up the little girl’s explanation of what had happened in Bricker’s Holler, and the hero’s reaction was all wrong, etc. One good thing did happen: I’d been going back and forth on the defining character of Victor Nesser, 21, and vicious. It came to me that he shouldn’t murder this cop – and it worked. It changed Victor Nesser’s character in an elegant way – you the reader will come to the conclusion, I’m not telling you. And you don’t have a clue what I’m talking about, do you? But you will.

We’re off to Yellowstone National Park this month with my sister and her husband. Then up to Montana – do you know there’s still snow expected up there, so I’m guessing I can probably leave the shorts at home…

Have a great May – Catherine Coulter

March/April Newsletter 2008

Vol. 456 Number 990

Happy Spring:

The skiing was fabulous at Lake Tahoe in March. Unfortunately, it was non-existent in April since my husband put his back out -- huge bummer. We stayed a week in Tahoe City with a bunch of relatives, mostly skiers, a few snowboarders, and thanks be to any and all higher powers, no one got killed or maimed or too drunk. So much snow and gorgeous weather. But like football, it has to come to an end -- the snow has to melt, the ski runs have to turn to grass – philosophical huge bummer.

In March I made a long overdue visit to New York City to see my publisher and agent. Three of my best writer friends, The Toots (Linda Howard, Iris Johansen and Kay Hooper), came up as well so we all stayed together at the St. Regis. (Only four blocks from SAKs and right across the street from Henri Bendel.) We saw Legally Blonde and Wicked on Broadway, ate too much, and did power shopping to stimulate the economy. Everyone is well and we’ll all be getting together again in September at Linda’s mountain home in Tennessee.

The new FBI, tentatively titled The Shiner, is coming along fine. The Shiner does not refer to a black eye or to a bright red convertible; it refers to a little girl who can communicate psychically. And she’s seen something.

The 13th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books will be held on the UCLA campus Saturday the 26th and Sunday the 27th of this month. It is a positively absolutely incredible event, tens of thousands of people wandering around in shorts and eating ice cream, tons of authors, and a virtual city of different publishing/bookstore booths. If you’re in the neighborhood, come by and have a blast – and say hello. I’ll be signing at the Mystery Bookstore booth Sunday morning from 10:00 to 10:30 a.m., then on a suspense thriller panel Sunday at 1:00 p.m. and signing books right afterwards. You might think it’s a bit much to fly to L.A. from, say, Moscow, to see me, but hey, London isn’t all that far away – it seems reasonable to me.

For more info about the Festival go to: http://www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks/

Just a reminder: TAILSPIN, the 12th FBI thriller, is out June 24th. Double Take in paperback is also out June 24th. Double Jeopardy (The Target and The Edge together) is out June 6th. To read an excerpt from TAILSPIN, visit my web site.

I hope all of you have brought your spring stuff out of storage and are studying your swimsuits with an optimistic eye.

Everyone take care,

Catherine Coulter

February Newsletter 2008

Vol 338 Number 228

Hello Post SuperBowlers:

Yeah, yeah, yeah, so I’ve been predicting the Patriots would win the SuperBowl. I really wanted the Patriots to win the SuperBowl, because a 19-0 season would be something never forgotten. But stuff happens -- and they came in at 18-1.

Hats off to Eli Manning and the Giants D, they kicked big butt. Being philosophical about it, I guess having two quarterback brothers win back-to-back SuperBowls made history as well, and yes, that was pretty cool.

When you get right down to it, the game was a win-win and the most exciting SuperBowl I’ve ever seen.  The SuperBowl was shown in 254 countries, and here in the U.S. it had the largest viewership since the final episode of MASH in the early ‘80’s.

I would particularly like to thank all of you who were so kind and thoughtful to send me speedy e-mails shouting “Too bad, too bad, gloat, gloat, neener, neener.”

I turned in TailSpin last Thursday.  This is the 12th FBI thriller, set in both Washington, D.C. and Parlow, Kentucky. It all begins with a drugged Rachael Abbott tied to a block of concrete and thrown into Black Rock Lake. As the title suggests, there’s a really cool plane crash as well.  I’ll post an excerpt in the next month.  TailSpin is out June 24th in hardcover. Double Take in paperback is also out June 24th.

Out June 7th is Double Jeopardy in trade paperback. This is The Target and The Edge together between two covers (Remember, The Beginning with The Cove and The Maze together.) So don’t get confused and think it’s a new FBI book.

We’re finally going skiing next week at Lake Tahoe. We’ve had tons of snow, like 130% of what’s expected. I’m rather hopeful that this year there will be no sacrificing any body parts on the slopes.

I missed the chance to wish all of you a Happy New Year – so I’m doing it now. HAPPY 2008!

Catherine Coulter

Here's your prime stocking stuffer -- Wizard's Daughter -- delivered up in paperback (Yea!) out Tuesday, December 18th.

This is one of my special historical romances -- loads of fun, edge of your seat suspense, a neat love story, and characters to remember long after the Christmas lights have winked out. We've got the Sherbrookes and two really cool new characters -- Nicholas and Rosalind are different, trust me on this. (See the title for a clue)

Prepare yourself for wild and wonderful woo woo into the Pale.

So stuff Wizard's Daughter deep into that gargantuan Christmas sock for your better half -- or for yourself -- either way, it's the right thing to do.

I wish you all an excellent holiday season,

Catherine Coulter

P.S. Be sure to take a quick visit to my web site, www.catherinecoulter.com We'll be announcing a contest about Wizard's Daughter in a couple of weeks.

Vol. 111 Number 111

Dear Merry Makers:

It’s December, my very favorite month of the year. All presents are mailed, I’ve made a good dent in my Christmas cards,  my house looks like a Christmas fairyland, TailSpin is roaring toward the finish and, let’s be frank about this – everything in my world is just fine.

Now, I have tidings of great joy:

On December 18th, the perfect stocking stuffer will be waiting there, for you!  It’s WIZARD’S DAUGHTER, an original paperback and the tenth book in the Sherbrooke series. Along with some of the Sherbrooke family, you’ll meet two really cool new characters, Rosalind and Nicholas, neither quite what they appear to be. In addition, we have Harry Potter/Middle Earth sorts of extreme woo woo intertwined with really cool suspense and romance. I hope you all enjoy it. Do let me know.

Have a wonderful holiday season.

Try to behave, the big guy’s comin’ – Catherine Coulter

Vol. 11 No. 88

Happy Thanksgiving:

Only it’s not Thanksgiving just yet. Tomorrow morning, very early, six of us will fly to St. Thomas, hop aboard a sailboat to sail around the British Virgin Islands for a week. Nothing to do but rot and read, I figure, and make sure my sunblock is going full blast, and maybe, just maybe, write a bit, who knows? I’ll be taking my AlphaSmart Neo, the best little indestructible word processor every made.



I can’t wait to see Virgin Gorda again and snorkel in from the boat to Caneel Bay. However, it must be said: we’re going to miss all Sunday football and Monday Night football. All right, all right, I know whining is unattractive.

We’ll be staying home for Thanksgiving and relatives are coming. This is a first, so keep your fingers crossed that the fowl and stuffing turns out yummy. Not to mention the turkey.

I am ready to admit to my pathology. My husband thinks it’s a rather sweet pathology – all right, I’ll spit it out. I’ve wrapped over 200 Christmas presents already. Why, you might wonder, would I fall prey to this particular pathology? Well, the fact is, I am constitutionally incapable of simply sitting on a sofa, eyeballs glued to the HDTV screen. Nope, I’ve got to be doing something. There are twelve hours of non-stop football on Sunday, and one certainly can’t miss Howie and Kurt. Oh, I forgot to mention that with satellite, you’ve got a 24-hour NFL station (be still my heart). So I’ve got Christmas in the bag. Thank God Christmas falls during football season – I can’t see wrapping that many presents at Easter or maybe sitting there painting eggs.

I don’t suppose you’re getting a bit fatigued by hearing so much about football? But wait, what else is there in life of any importance at all?

Also, just a very brief mention: The Colts and the Falcons will play Thanksgiving night!

Another brief mention: speaking of the Colts, that was indeed Superbowl 41 l/2 between them and the Patriots. Excellent game and all right, I’ll say it right out – I wanted the Patriots to win, just as I want to see them yet again in the Superbowl.

Happy Thanksgiving – Catherine Pigskin Coulter

P.S. None of the above it true. I really spend all my time critiquing T.S. Elliot, in French.

October 2007 Newsletter

Vol. 448 Number 222

Happy Halloween:

I just got back from Waynesboro, Virginia, having a blast at the BOOK’EM book festival, whose motto is “Buy A Book, Stop a Crook,” put on by the Waynesboro Police Department.

All proceeds go to the Book’Em Foundation whose main focus is teaching disadvantages kids to read with the belief that there will be less crime when these kids grow up. Having options is a wonderful thing. Attending this shindig was far more satisfying than simply writing a check to a literacy fund.

There were 70 authors there, all over the board in terms of what they wrote. I signed books in a huge gymnasium at the public high school, spoke in the big auditorium and served on a panel in the cafeteria.

I hope they raised buckets of money. I’m also hopeful that more big name authors will attend next time to draw bigger crowds.

I’m working right along on TailSpin , the 12th FBI thriller – this one is coming quickly and is fun. Savich and Sherlock are in this one to their necks. Wait’ll you meet Congresswoman Dolores McManus from Georgia who paid to have her trucker husband murdered at a rest stop near Atlanta.

What about those Patriots? I can’t wait until November 4th – now that’s really the Superbowl – The Colts vs. The Patriots.

Eat lots of candy on Halloween (don’t waste it all on the little goblins.)

Catherine Coulter

Vol. 299 No. 588

Happy August:

FOOTBALL IS HERE! Unfortunately Denver lucked out and beat the 49ers, but Alex Smith looked pretty good, Bryant Young will be physically fit soon, and Mike Nolan is sound coach. I’m predicting DEEP into the play-offs. Really DEEEEEEP.

Coming up is the Colts and Chicago -- an event to make all of us feel like we’re watching an I Love Lucy return – you know, like watching to see how many more interceptions than touch downs Rex Grossman throws. You kind of react to Tony Romo the same way. Stay tuned, we’ll see. Ah, what a great time of year.
I went to the Charlotte Literary Festival this past weekend, got toasted in the triple digit heat, but I met a lot of great people.

My next public booksigning is the Book’Em Event to be held in Waynesboro, Virginia, on Saturday, October 20, from 9:30 to 4:30 at the Waynesboro High School. When they invited me to participate I didn’t hesitate. And this is why: the Waynesboro Police Department and others have committed their time and energy to heighten public awareness on the connection between high illiteracy rates and high crime rates. They want to teach kids how to read, as simple as that. All proceeds from the event go to the non-profit Book’Em Foundation. I understand there will be around 60 authors coming into Waynesboro to participate. If you are anywhere in the area, I would love to meet you. For more info go to www.bookemfoundation.org.

TailSpin, my 12th FBI thriller, is coming right along. I sent off an outline (which basically consists of the content of the pages I’ve already written plus speculation).

I’m home for the rest of this month, ah, but September –

Have great vacations, Catherine Coulter

Vol. 888 Number 29

Hi Guys:

DOUBLE TAKE is on its 5th bestseller week – it is #9 on the New York Times Bestseller List. Let’s hear it for six weeks. That would be good. I’ve begun TailSpin, the 12th FBI – it begins with a plane crash and, can you beat this – I just picked up Linda Howard’s new book Close Up and Dangerous and guess what? Yep, it’s about a plane crash. Is this whacko minds or what?

Anyone have a cool cover art idea for TailSpin, drop me a line at readmoi@gmail.com

Mark your calendars: July 28th – 2:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon. I’ll be signing/talking at The Almost Perfect Bookstore in Roseville, California, near Sacramento.

1891 Douglas Blvd.

916-781-7935

August 11th & 12th –I’ll be at the Charlotte Literary Festival in North Carolina. For all the info please go to their website: www.charlotteliteraryfestival.com

If you can make either of these events, I would love to meet you.

Keep slathering on that sun screen. Have a great July – Catherine Coulter

Vol. 211 No. 960

Hello Everyone:

It’s June 21st, the longest day of the year. That means
hot-tubbing in the buff when it’s still light. Hmm. Does one wave to
the neighbors?

DOUBLE TAKE came in at #3 on the New York Times Bestseller list --– thank
you all very much. It’s a very tough list during the summer months.
However, my own sales were up 6,000 copies over the first week sales of POINT
BLANK. So, that’s something. We’ll see what happens next week.
Keep all digits crossed and you might consider going out and buying another
copy or two. Did you remember the gift for your mother-in-law?

I’ve begun TailSpin, the 12th FBI thriller. It feels strange writing
the next one when DOUBLE TAKE just came out.

We got back from the Outer Banks –- Duck, North Carolina –-
on Sunday. At high tide, there were 39 nine of us in two houses. Gasp.
Both families mixed well, at least three bridge tables going at any time
day and night. Each night, a different family cooked dinner –- all
different, all delicious. Saturday night was clean-up night – you would
not believe the amount of food consumed. There were 13 birthdays, which meant
that we paid the overhead for Tulio’s Bakery for that week. Oh my,
chocolate fantasy cake, key lime cheesecake, pecan pie, raspberry white chocolate
cheesecake, tiramisu, and the list goes on and on and on.


It was cool, in the eighties most days, so we weren’t ever parboiled.
However, June 14th was the coldest June 14th in Outer Banks recorded weather
history. The merchants were very very happy since everyone was out shopping.

When we got home, Cleo hid for an hour, then acted pissy for the
rest of the evening. Corky, however, had his mouth open and was more than
ready for edible contributions, which he got in return for instant love.

Happy summer solstice,

Catherine
Coulter

Volume 30 Number 31

Happy May:

The NFL draft was this past weekend. San Francisco is going to kick big butt in the 2007 season, just you wait and see. However, the choice I find oddly pathetic and very cool is the acquisition of Randy Moss by the Patriots. I’m laying bets he won’t pull any of the T.O. stuff that he did at Oakland, not with Belichick, not when this is his chance to actually be on a superbowl team.

REALLY BIG NEWS: Double Take got a starred review in Publishers Weekly, whose usual opinion of commercial fiction is that it should be quarantined on Alcatraz (to see the humor in this, see cover of book.) Nope, nary a big hairy criticism, not even a light little left-handed slap, at which they excel at both. This has nearly changed my world view.

Mark your calendars: June 12th – Tuesday, a beautiful morning to hang out around the front door of your favorite bookstore. Don’t forget: You want to bribe -- offer a Mexican meal, a sailboat ride, a karaoke bar experience -- whatever you have to – to all your friends, colleagues, pets, neighbors – to buy DOUBLE TAKE that first week it’s out.

I wish you all a great May,
Catherine Coulter

After a hard day, I like to put up my dogs. - Cleo

April 2007 Newsletter

Number 220 Vol. 444

Happy Easter Everyone:

We returned from the Around-the-World trip after about 40,000
flying miles, more time changes than H. G. Wells (one time change
of 2 l/2 hours between China and India), a flight crew from England,
a charming Tibetan guide who told us he had to speak Chinese to
be allowed to be a guide, and the most gorgeous male butts on the
planet (Easter Island). I’ll be starting to put up photos – now
where are all those butts? – at the end of next week. It
was an awesome trip and experience. If any of you are interested
in taking this trip, contact Star Quest.

Don’t forget now –- my 11th FBI thriller, DOUBLE
TAKE, is out June 12th. You can see the cover and
read the excerpt right here on my web site. DOUBLE TAKE
is a kick – murder, mayhem, treachery, and mind games amongst
psychic mediums in San Francisco. AND, to those of you who didn’t
trust me, let me assure you that you’ll find out
about Dix’s wife Christie (POINT BLANK), AND see
what’s going on between Dix and Ruth. You’ll
be seeing Savich and Sherlock and two new characters, FBI Agent
Cheney Stone and suspected murderess Julia Ransom. I do have
a definite goal for this one: Number ONE on the New York Times
Bestseller list. I’m counting on you, your neighbors,
friends, pets, dentists, colleagues, the occasional enemy, a
lover or two, to see that lots of copies of DOUBLE TAKE fly out
of the bookstores, the price clubs, the pharmacies, the airports
that very first week it’s out.

I’m doing the finishing touches on the historical, WIZARD’S
DAUGHTER. It will be out in December. More on this later.

I’ll keep you all posted. Have a wonderful Easter and at
least three chocolate bunnies

– Catherine Coulter

Do I hear the sound of a can opening? - Corky

Vol. 33891 Number 5500

Happy Holidays!

Catherine’s TO DO LIST: parties, eating, decorating
the house, parties, eating, sleeping, grinning stupidly, wrapping
presents, eating, parties, Christmas cards, grinning stupidly ….
Oh yeah, writing.

What a wonderful time of year. We’ll be going east on the
23 rd to my outlaws in New Jersey, staying a couple of days in
New York after Christmas to see Spamalot and the Radio
City Music Hall Christmas Extravaganza -- and just take
a peek in the shoe department at Saks. On the 29 th we’ll
drive down to Virginia for my nephew’s wedding. Home on the
31st to welcome my sister and her new husband. They’ll be
here for 9 days – so much eating, parties, grinning stupidly,
opening presents, eating ---- oh yeah, writing.

I hope you all have a fantastic holiday season. If you happen
to have any money left over after Christmas – wow, are you
ever in luck! I know just how you can part with it. Point Blank in
paperback is out the first week of January.

Merry Merry Ever After,

Catherine Coulter