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Mystery Writer's Foodie Book Review is Divine
You never know where a review of your book might show up. Here’s one in Kings River Life Magazine of five “foodie mysteries” that includes Wisconsin author Christine DeSmet’s Five-Alarm Fudge, published by Penguin. http://kingsriverlife.com/05/16/a-bunch-of-may-food-mysteries-from-penguin/.
Christine DeSmet
The review, by Cynthia Chow, opens with, “Few can doubt the appeal of divinity candy, but who would have thought it was actually divine? Local lore in Door County, Wisconsin has it that in the 1860s Sister Adele Brise created a foolproof recipe for divinity, one that she shared along with her vision of the Blessed Mother of God. The recent discovery of an antique cup has linked the Oosterling family to royals in Belgium, so this–and the rumored recipe–has Belgian prince Arnaud Van Damme and his mother Princess Amandine planning a visit to their American sister city of Namur. In order to promote both Namur, Wisconsin and Namur, Belgium, the prince hopes to exhibit the priceless recipe and attract countless tourists to both cities. Now all Ava Oosterling has to do is find the recipe!”
Chris teaches fiction, nonfiction, and screenwriting at UW-Madison and blogs at https://christinedesmet.wordpress.com/
Five-Alarm Fudge is part of Christine’s The Fudge Shop Mystery Series, set in Door County. Congratulations to Chris for the publication of this book and the great review.
Wisconsin Academy to Induct New Fellows
Wisconsin poet and CWW board member Robin Chapman is one of seven newly elected members of the Wisconsin Academy of Fellows who will be inducted next month.
Robin and her fellow inductees are being honored for their “extraordinary levels of accomplishment in their fields as well as a lifelong commitment to intellectual discourse and public service,” according to the Academy’s announcement. “These distinguished individuals from a wide range of disciplines help shape our programs and projects. Fellowship represents the highest level of recognition conferred by the Wisconsin Academy.”
The Fellows Induction Ceremony is scheduled for 1-3:30 p.m., Sunday, April 27, in Promenade Hall, Overture Center for the Arts in Madison. Registration will open on March 15.
Robin is UW-Madison professor emerita of Communicative Disorders and a former principal investigator at the Waisman Center, where she studied language learning in individuals with Down syndrome, work for which she received the 2006 Career Research Scientist award from the Academy on Mental Retardation, according to her Academy biography. In addition to her poems appearing in numerous journals and online sites, this award-winning poet has published five chapbooks and nine books of poetry. She currently teaches poetry workshops at The Clearing and Bjorklunden in Door County.
Joining Robin as new Fellows are:
Their bios and registration information are at http://www.wisconsinacademy.org/fellows/annual-fellows-event.
Also, please visit the CWW website at www.wiswriters.org.