In the spotlight is Kate Manning, author of MY NOTORIOUS LIFE, GILDED MOUNTAIN and WHITEGIRL. The New York Times called My Notorious Life “an action-packed, thought-provoking page-turner.” O Magazine called it “daring and astonishingly current.” NPR’s Kurt Anderson, host of Studio 360, said: “It’s a fantastic yarn … absolutely Dickensian.” And novelist Marisa Silver writes, “Axie Muldoon is as fierce and alive a character as I have read in recent fiction. My Notorious Life is an essential novel for our time.”We discuss: >> The slideshow she presents at book signings>> Using visual images as fuel for writing>> Her family of painters>> Teaching creative writing>> The Proxy Project>> Bard High School Early College>> Etc. Learn more about Kate Manning here: www.katemanningauthor.com Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol, author of “Lolita Firestone: A Supernatural Novel,” “Family Recipes: A Novel About Italian Culture, Catholic Guilt and the Culinary Crime of the Century” and “Hardwood: A Novel About College Basketball and Other Games Young Men Play.” Buy them on any major bookselling site. Write to Mike Consol at [email protected]. We hope you will subscribe and share the link with any family, friends or colleagues who might benefit from this program.