“The '50s was the last good decade of American history. It was really a 10-year vacation between the horror of World War II and the assassinations [John F. and Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr.] and Vietnam War of the 1960s. The '50s was the last feel-good era.”
“Sharon's one to gamble on first-time authors where other [publishing] houses aren't. [Lake Claremont has] one of the most aggressive marketing campaigns I have ever seen from a local publisher. They put their books everywhere.”