There is a quickness of perception in some, a nicety in the discernment of character, a natural penetration, in short, which no experience in others can equal… — This, from late in Persuasion...
https://kellydeanjolley.com/2024/02/27/a-natural-penetration-austen/
> The Vanishing Woman by Kelly Dean Jolley >
https://kellydeanjolley.com/2024/02/19/review-of-the-vanishing-woman/
“Finish, good lady; the bright day is done, And we are for the dark.” — Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra Elizabeth Bennet, CIA, receives a late-night call to Langley shortly after return...
https://kellydeanjolley.com/2024/02/17/new-project-complete/
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Read! Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2023 A five-star rating, it has been said, is reserved for stories that create an emotional reaction. A book hangov...
https://kellydeanjolley.com/2023/12/28/new-review-of-the-vanishing-woman/
I wrote The Vanishing Woman as a Christmas story, ultimately as a reflection on the season. I hoped to write a tale that would stand in a relation to the holiday much as Dickens’ Christmas ...
https://kellydeanjolley.com/2023/12/06/the-vanishing-woman-2/
My new novel, The Vanishing Woman, is due to be released tomorrow. Here’s a sneak peek from the publisher:
https://kellydeanjolley.com/2023/11/26/sneak-peek-at-new-novel/
This novel has a long, peculiar history — most of it spent in a dark drawer. I had the idea in graduate school, the basic plot and setting. I even wrote three chapters, although I put them away...
Just got word that my novella, The Vanishing Woman: A Christmas Tale, has been accepted for publication. Look for it around the holidays. A little Christmas mystery.
I’ve had a busy fall and am now in the midst of a busy Spring. I’m on sabbatical and writing. I’ve finished a new novel, The Vanishing Woman, and my hope is that it will be available in the...