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Mar.06.2012
So happy to show my new book cover for the second novel, The Forgetting Tree. After the adventure of going through many, many covers on the first book, this one came in the very beginning, and we are all happy with it.
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Feb.28.2012
I was at Amelia Island book festival a few weeks ago and had a wonderful time. I'd never been to that part of Florida before, and it is stunning. Spanish moss on the trees, victorian houses, and empty beaches (at least in February). It is a lovely, intimate festival, and the audiences were very...
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Sep.30.2011
I'm pleased to have a story in this fall's issue of Boulevard. Below is the opening, with a link to the magazine's website.                                  ...
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Aug.26.2011
Debut U.S. novelist wins U.K.'s oldest book prizeCBC News Posted: Aug 22, 2011 2:35 PM ET Last Updated: Aug 22, 2011 2:35 PM ETU.S. writer Tatjana Soli won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for her debut novel The Lotus Eaters. (tatjanasoli.com)     Sharewith Add This...
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Sep.24.2010
I've been blessed in many ways. I do something for a living that I love--and sometimes it puts me in the company of some pretty fantastic people. This past week I spent time with four wonderful women. Although we'd never met face-to-face, two of them--Jane Smiley (Private Life) and Eileen Goudge...
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Aug.30.2010
Over at Fiction Writers Review, Tyler McMahon interviewed me by email over the summer. The questions and answers took a leisurely pace, with lots of detours, and it was the most fun I've had in a while. Here's the beginning:  Tatjana Soli’s The Lotus Eaters is a stunning debut novel set in the...
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Jun.30.2010
I have a new short story up at 5 Chapters. If you aren't familiar with the format, they publish a story in 5 parts, one each day for a week. This is a portion of Part 1 from Monday, and Part 3 is up today!     It sucked. Caitlin had volunteered at the hospital mostly to avoid having to go home...
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Apr.16.2010
I did a podcast interview with Sam Tanenhaus of the New York Times. Click here to listen:   http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/book-review-podcast-new-vietnam-war-novels/