Today, both The View and The Leonard Lopate Show hosted actress Pam Grier, whose memoir Foxy: My Life in Three Acts (Grand Central Publishing, 978-0446548502, $24.99) pubbed last week. PW wrote "In this prickly autobiography, the iconic actress is almost as hard-nosed toward lovers as her filmic alter -ego was toward enemies."
On Oprah, former First Lady Laura Bush talks about her memoir Spoken from the Heart (Scribner, 978-1439155202, $30; S&S Audio abridged CD, $29.99), which goes on sale today.
Authors on this morning's Today show:
Scott Turow, whose Innocent (Grand Central Publishing, 978-0446562423, $27.99; Hachette Audio unabridged CD, $39.98) pubs today. PW's starred review declared "Mesmerizing prose and intricate plotting lift Turow's superlative legal thriller, his best novel since his bestselling debut, Presumed Innocent, to which this is a sequel."
Shannon Morell, co-author with her husband Paul of Misconception: One Couple's Journey from Embryo Mix-Up to Miracle Baby (Howard Books, 978-1439193617, $25), also just out today.
Live with Regis and Kelly interviews actor, stand-up comedian, writer, and producer Damon Wayans, whose debut novel Red Hats (Atria, 978-1439164617, $19.99) is another title pubbing today.
Authors on today's Leonard Lopate Show:
Pulitzer winner Jane Smiley discussed Private Life (Knopf, 978-1400040605, $26.95; RH Audio unabridged CD, $40), which pubs today. PW said she "delivers a slow-moving historical antiromance in her bleak 13th novel."
Pulitzer-winning humorist Dave Barry, with I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood (Putnam, 978-0399156502, $24.95; Penguin Audiobooks CD, $29.95).
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, whose book is Within Our Reach: Ending the Mental Health Crisis (Rodale Books, 978-1594868818, $22.99). Tonight, she visits The Daily Show.
On Access Hollywood, People journalist Steve Helling reveals Tiger: The Real Story (Da Capo Press, 978-0306819292, $25; Blackstone Audio unabridged CD, $32.95), which pubs today.
Both Fox & Friends and ABC News's What's the Buzz feature actress Melissa Anderson, whose The Way I See It: A Look Back at My Life on Little House (Globe Pequot 978-0762759705, $22.95) also pubs today.
This evening, The Colbert Report talks with international explorer, biologist, and photographer Mark W. Moffett about Adventures Among Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions (Univ. of California Press, 978-0520261990, $29.95).
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