Red Boots & Attitude: The Spirit of Texas Women Writers [Hardcover]

Diane Fanning (Editor), Susie Kelly Flatau (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2002

RED BOOTS & ATTITUDE speaks to every Texas woman. It echoes her spirit, her strength and her indomitable will. This unique collection, edited by Texas authors Diane Fanning and Susie Kelly Flatau, showcases the fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry of established and emerging Texas Women Writers.

Featuring the creative non-fiction of Liz Carpenter (award-winning author of Starts With a Laugh) and Farnoosh Moshiri (Bartheleme Memorial Fellowship for non-fiction, 1996), the poetry of Teresa Palomo Acosta (Voertman Award for Poetry, 1993) and Vicky Charleston (Best Texas Poet-Austin International Poetry Festival, 1995), and the short fiction of Suzy Spencer (New York Times Bestseller) and Ruth Pennebaker (finalist for the Book Publishers of Texas Award for Best Book for Children and Young People, Texas Institute of Letters) and many others.

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A portion of the royalties from this book are earmarked as a contribution to the Breast Cancer Resource Center to aid them in their valuable work.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 306 pages
• Publisher: Eakin Pr; 1st edition (March 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571686215
• ISBN-13: 978-1571686213
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,666,369 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I am the author of ten true crime books published by St. Martin's Press including the Edgar Award nominated WRITTEN IN BLOOD and the best-selling MOMMY'S LITTLE GIRL. Additionally, I have written five mystery novels including four in the Lucinda Pierce series from Severn House.

I have been featured on 48 Hours, 20/20, Forensic Files, the Deadly Women series, Court TV, Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell, the Discovery Channel and local TV channels and have been interviewed on dozens of radio stations coast to coast.

I am an experienced non-fiction, fiction and commercial writer. I earned more than seventy Addy Awards in the twenty years I wrote for radio, television and print. I worked as an Executive Director at non-profit organizations for more than a dozen years. In that capacity, I served three terms by appointment of the Governor of Texas on the State Advisory Committee and received the 2002 NACG Freedom Fighter Award.

I was born in Baltimore, Maryland, lived more than two decades in Virginia and now live in New Braunfels, Texas with my husband and a cat with an attitude.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stories with Attitude, January 9, 2003

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Patricia H. Martinez (Austin, Tx United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Red Boots & Attitude: The Spirit of Texas Women Writers (Hardcover)

At first glance you might wonder why you would want to read works by JUST Texas women, but when you sample just one or two you will be drawn in by the spirit and talent of this eclectic group of women writers. Almost every genre is present with nonfiction, poetry, and short fiction gracing the pages while introducing the reader to a spirit that is undeniably of a distinctly Texas brand. Think of this as a spirited literary journey through what is both real and mythical in a land of fierce independence and cultural distinction. Beginning with humorous nonfiction from such a notable woman author as Liz Carpenter and continuing through to the brief, yet heartfelt, poetry of Teresa Palomo Acosta, the reader follows a literary itinerary across the vast countryside of what seems like "a whole 'nother country" without ever needing a passport or dictionary (well, maybe a local interpreter might come in handy!) Treat yourself to an articulate slice of Texan life as boisterous and thought provoking as can be found on paper within the borders of red boots and plenty of attitude.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Texas Women Can Write!, December 7, 2003

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Lloyd R. Mardis (Memphis, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Boots & Attitude: The Spirit of Texas Women Writers (Hardcover)

I liked a lot of the stories by these Texas women writers. Any of them could probably fill a whole book by herself with good stories. One of those is certainly Susie Kelly Flatau, the editor along with Diane Fanning. Her stories: The Well, When Time Stutters and The Screen Door--will stay with the reader long after the book is closed. They appear dark--but they end with defiance and with a look toward a new beginning--a happier time or at least a determination to exist without rancor. Maybe Susie Kelly Flatau is ready for a book of her own. I hope so. I would like to read more of her stories.