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PUBLISHED: Nov.08.2010

Children of Guerrero

MEXICO is in the news. But what do we know about this country on our border and its explosive history? CHILDREN OF GUERRERO fills in the blanks, weaves fiction and fact, exposes exploitation by outsiders and revolution by its citizens. From 1511 when a Spanish ship is wrecked on the coast of Yucatan to Emperor Maximilian's attempt to sit on the Mexican throne to the upheaval...

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PUBLISHED: Oct.01.2006

The Texicans

It's 1843, San Antonio, the Republic of Texas. Mexican-born Aurelia Ruiz finds that she may have the power to heal-as well as to curse. She definitely has the power to attract men. Willie Barnett, a young Texas ranger, becomes infatuated with her. Her father sells her to him but insists on a wedding. To the other rangers such a marriage is anathema. When Barnett is killed by...

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PUBLISHED: Apr.23.2002

The End of Marriage: A Novel

Ellie Holmgren is no stranger to tragedy. Her only child, eight-year-old Jamie, died during a tonsillectomy, and while Ellie was trying to find a way to dig herself out of her profound grief, her husband divorced her. And now her sister, Alice, has called to tell her that Morty, Alice's husband, has killed himself. Ellie can only think, "What next?" But was it suicide...

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PUBLISHED: Jul.09.1998

Between Sisters

Twenty-eight-year-old Lela has no memory of her horrific childhood. She doesn’t remember her murdered mother, doesn’t even remember that she once had a sister named Jolene who had tried to save Lela from their sexually abusive father. That is until one day when a strange man appears bringing with him Jolene’s bedraggled, neglected child. It is this stranger’s gentle persistence...

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Jan.10.2011 - 1:45 pm

How One Writer Is Riding the E-Book Revolution

Reading the paper, an article catches my eye: A best-selling author has decided to turn all of his out-of-print books into e-books. The idea is dizzying, the ramifications...

Nov.11.2010 - 12:35 pm

A Second Life for an Old Friend

In 1988 I wrote a novel about Mexico, Maximilian's Garden. My agent sold it to a publisher and shortly thereafter the acquiring editor left to go back to her old...

Aug.04.2009 - 11:08 am

Isaac Bashevis Singer's Mistress, Part 2

Esther, more diminutive than I remembered from the night before, is at the kitchen table smoking a cigarette, waving away smooth gusts of smoke with nicotine-stained fingers. She...

Jul.22.2009 - 10:00 am

Guest Post at Bloody Bad

Guest Post with Nina Vida Today, I would like to thank Nina Vida, author of The Texicans, for stopping by and talking with us about the questions she is asked as an author. Her...

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Jul.07.2009 - 11:04 am

In response to: Blogging My Book

Blogging My Book

The internet has turned the world upside down. Nobody really knows the extent of its power yet -- for good and for ill...

Jun.23.2009 - 4:39 pm

In response to: The Queen of Annam's Daughter

Ageism is as bad as sexism

Ageism is as bad as sexism -- we all lose when some are excluded, whether it's because they're kept out or they're...

About NINA

Novelist. Seven published hardcover fiction books from prestigious publishers. Please see my web site at www.ninavida.com for full details. Currently at work on another book.

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