TRADE THE DAY Guest Author: Jenny Milchman

By - July 29, 2013

On August 23, starting at midnight, I will be hosting a special event called Trade the Day: Spotlight on Team Alaina. During this twenty-four hour blog-a-thon, proceeds from sales of my new book, The Trade, made on my publisher's website at stairwaypress.com will go to benefit Team Alaina for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. For the next 19 weekdays leading up to the big event, I will be featuring two of the day's scheduled special guests, some which will be guest blogging, some who will be hosting giveaways of autographed books and other goodies, and some who will be doing both!  Get to know this fantastic group of people right here, and come back on August 23 to join us for a day of 24 hours, 23 guest authors, and 1 goal...a cure.

Today, I'm proud to showcase the first of our guest blogging authors:

JENNY MILCHMAN

ABOUT JENNY:

Jenny Milchman is a suspense writer from New Jersey. Her debut novel, COVER OF SNOW, was published by Ballantine in January 2013. Her short story The Closet was published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine in November 2012. Another short story, The Very Old Man, has been an Amazon bestseller, and the short work Black Sun on Tupper Lake will appear in the anthologyADIRONDACK MYSTERIES II.

Jenny is the Chair of the International Thriller Writers Debut Authors Program, and the founder of Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day, which was celebrated in all 50 states and four foreign countries in 2011.

Jenny hosts the Made It Moments forum on her blog, which has featured more than 200 international bestsellers, Edgar winners, and independent authors, co-hosts the literary series Writing Matters, which attracts guests coast-to-coast and has received national media attention, and teaches writing and publishing for New York Writers Workshop and Arts By The People.

WHY SHE'S EXCITED TO BE A PART OF TRADE THE DAY - IN HER OWN WORDS:

"I was inspired and a bit heartstruck when you told me about this project, Colby. When writers come together, I think that almost anything is possible."

ABOUT COVER OF SNOW:

Jenny Milchman’s Cover of Snow is a remarkable debut, a gripping tale of suspense in the tradition of Gillian Flynn, Chris Bohjalian, and Nancy Pickard.

Waking up one wintry morning in her old farmhouse nestled in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, Nora Hamilton instantly knows that something is wrong. When her fog of sleep clears, she finds her world is suddenly, irretrievably shattered: Her husband, Brendan, has committed suicide.

The first few hours following Nora’s devastating discovery pass for her in a blur of numbness and disbelief. Then, a disturbing awareness slowly settles in: Brendan left no note and gave no indication that he was contemplating taking his own life. Why would a rock-solid police officer with unwavering affection for his wife, job, and quaint hometown suddenly choose to end it all? Having spent a lifetime avoiding hard truths, Nora must now start facing them.

Unraveling her late husband’s final days, Nora searches for an explanation—but finds a bewildering resistance from Brendan’s best friend and partner, his fellow police officers, and his brittle mother. It quickly becomes clear to Nora that she is asking questions no one wants to answer. For beneath the soft cover of snow lies a powerful conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep its presence unknown . . . and its darkest secrets hidden.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT JENNY AND COVER OF SNOW:

Visit Jenny's Website

or

Click Here to buy Cover of Snow on Amazon now!

Be sure to come back August 23 for Jenny Milchman's guest blog at 5:00 p.m. during the FOUR HOURS OF FRIGHT segment (2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.), as well as for your chance to win an autographed copy of her debut thriller, Cover of Snow, complete with a stuffed "Weekend" dog (the dog in her novel)! And for the writers out there, Jenny is also offering up the chance to win a critique of your query letter and the first five pages of your manuscript to four people who purchase The Trade by Colby Marshall on August 23 on stairwaypress.com to benefit the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. For more information on how this giveaway will work, check the FAQ page (coming soon!).