Marilu Norden

Sales of both novels: UNBRIDLED: A TALE OF A DIVORCE RANCH and my latest: THE GHOST PAINTER have been going well, thanks to the three book signings I’ve done recently. The first was under the auspices of Western Writers of America, who held their annual convention in Albuquerque where authors did book signings at Barnes & Noble at Coronado Mall! Next I did a reading/signing of THE GHOST PAINTER at Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe, and another signing at Hastings, in Santa Fe’s DeVargas Center. As well as these locations in Santa Fe, TGP can also be found at Garcia Street Books, Travel Bug, BODY, Palace of the Governors Bookstore, Double Take and A Step Back In Time. Albuquerque’s Treasure House Books & Gifts (in Old Town) also has THE GHOST PAINTER and UNBRIDLED, as does Moby Dickens Bookshop and The Brodsky Bookshop in Taos, New Mexico! TGP is now in the Phoenix area: The Book Rack in Mesa and Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe! If none of these fit your “out and about” list, you can buy both at Amazon.com! Happy reading!

Marilu Norden at Hastings in Santa Fe’s DeVargas Center on July 14, 2012.

THE GHOST PAINTER

A new paranormal thriller by author Marilu Norden coming soon, in early 2012!

World-famous Santa Fe artist, Adelaide Moran, newly deceased, finds herself in heaven, and, obsessed with not having finished painting her “final masterpiece,” plots with her earthly assistant, Ramon Hererra, through shamanic means to steal the soul of Angelina Bonelli, a talented young New York City artist, to complete the task.

A new paranormal thriller by author Marilu Norden coming in Early 2012.

Marilu was interviewed by Dave Becker for “State of Nevada” on KNPR, Nevada Public Radio, on March 1, 2011, as a member of a panel of people who were part of the whole divorce ranch experience. To listen, click HERE.

PROGRAM NOTES: Back in the 1930s and 40s, Nevada was one of the few states you could get a quick divorce. So many people flew in for a few weeks or months—the time it took to complete the paperwork. They stayed on “divorce ranches”—complete with cowboys, horse rides, and cocktail hours. Sometimes even Hollywood stars came to stay: Clark Gable and Ava Gardner, among others. We take a look back at the “divorce ranches” with a historian, a former guest, a ranch owner, and a cowboy who said he’d “died and gone to heaven” when he saw all those ladies.

GUESTS: Marilu Norden, former guest at Pyramid Lake Ranch and author, Unbridled: A Tale of a Divorce Ranch; Bill McGee, former cowboy at Flying M E Ranch and co-author, The Divorce Seekers: A Photo Memoir of a Nevada Dude Wrangler; Beth Ward, former owner, Whitney Ranch; and Mella Harmon, architectural historian who studied the divorce trade.

A 20-minute interview with Marilu for “The Story“—a nationally syndicated radio program hosted by Dick Gordon out of WUNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina—aired Tuesday, February 22, 2011. To listen, click HERE.

Marilu can be heard talking about her experiences in the 1950s at the Pyramid Lake Ranch divorce ranch outside of Reno, Nevada, that was the subject of her award-winning novel, Unbridled: A Tale of a Divorce Ranch.

Here’s a photo of Marilu during the interview:

Marilu Norden Being Interviewed by Dick Gordon for "The Story

UNBRIDLED: A TALE OF A DIVORCE RANCH just became the Award Winner in the Fiction and Literature: Chick Lit/Women’s Lit category of the International Book Awards 2010!

UNBRIDLED: A TALE OF A DIVORCE RANCH has been named a Mainstream Fiction winner of the 17th Annual Writer’s Digest International Self-Published Book Awards 2010!

UNBRIDLED: A TALE OF A DIVORCE RANCH has been named the Award-Winner in the Fiction & Literature: Chick Lit/Women’s Lit category of the National Best Books 2009 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News!

Marilu is publicizing UNBRIDLED: A TALE OF A DIVORCE RANCH in a series of talk radio interviews nationwide!

INTERVIEW SCHEDULE

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Money Matters Radio Network with Gina Ghioldi; Nationally Syndicated to 9 Stations

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

KCBR-AM 1040; Colorado Springs CO; 9:00 a.m. MT

Monday, January 4, 2010

WOCA-AM 1370; Ocala FL; 9:00 a.m. ET

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

WDYK-FM 100.5; Cumberland MD, 11:30 a.m. ET

Airing Week of January 11, 2010 (Monday, Wednesday or Thursday)

WNTN-AM 1550; Boston MA, 6:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. ET

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

WACK-AM 1420; Rochester NY; 8:35 a.m. ET

Friday, January 15, 2010

WNAV-AM 1430; Annapolis/Baltimore MD; 9:35 a.m. ET

Airing Week of January 18, 2010

Issues Today Radio Network with Bob Gourley; Nationally Syndicated to 188 Stations

Thursday, January 21, 2010

KAHI-AM 950; Sacramento, CA; Noon-1:00 p.m. Pacific

The Dec09/Jan10 issue of BUST Magazine article, “The Six-Week Cure,” written by Priya Jain, features an interview with Marilu and information about UNBRIDLED: A TALE OF A DIVORCE RANCH!

Brief Encounter
by Marilu Norden

We live by rote and fail to see
The beauty that surrounds us
Of simple things like grass and trees,
A starlit sky, a moon that’s full
And music that astounds us,
The air we breathe, the food we eat,
A kiss, a smile, a friendly word
All Nature that abounds thus.

For all is but a brief encounter
Of life upon this sphere,
So if love comes let’s hold it close
Let’s taste its beauty clear,
And lose the rote that keeps us blind
To all love offers here.

Contemplating divorce? Check out the California Healthy Marriages Coalition!