Meet the Author: Liz Balmaseda |
Liz Balmaseda, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and debut fiction author, will be appearing at the Wellington Branch on Monday, August 24 at 6:30 p.m. A book signing will follow. Preregister. |
 Balmaseda's first novel “Sweet Mary” (2009) is a gripping, heartrending story with a noir soul and plenty of surprising twists – an assured debut from a writer with tremendous experience and talent. Author Carl Hiaasen exclaims “’Sweet Mary’ shimmers with authentic Florida heat.”
Liz Balmaseda is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a writer for The Palm Beach Post and a former columnist for The Miami Herald. She was awarded her first Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1993 for her writings on the plight of Haitian refugees and the Cuban-American population. She shared a second Pulitzer for breaking-news reporting in 2001, for the coverage of the federal raid to seize refugee Elián González. |
 About Liz Balmaseda’s “Sweet Mary”:
Dulce Maria "Mary" Guevara is a woman with nothing left to lose. Wrongly accused of being a cocaine queen, she has lost her job, her reputation, and -- worst of all -- custody of her son. Even after the charges are dropped, suspicion lingers. Desperate to get it all back, she takes what she considers the only path open to her: She goes on a hunt for the real drug queen. Unfortunately, the one person she believes can help her is the last person she wants to see again: Joe Pratts, her ex-fiancé, a man whose connections to the drug world once ended their relationship. Trying not to fall for Joe again is just the beginning of Mary's challenges, however. Her search leads her through the most deceiving of jungles: suburbia. There, she comes face-to-face with disturbing realities that challenge everything she thinks she knows about her formerly tranquil life. Mary's final dilemma hits closer to home than she ever imagined. |
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Posted: 08/07/09 |
