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Nov 28, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Sally Franson
The news that the novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford died on Sunday, at the age of 91, brought me right back to the library my family frequented when I was a kid, where her fat, pastel-colored paperbacks preened from the carousels to the right of the entrance. That's where the most popular, most commercial books hung out, separated from the quiet dignity of the rest of the place.
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Aug 3, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Sally Franson
When news broke that Francine Pascal, creator of the "Sweet Valley High" universe, died last weekend at the age of 92, appreciations began rolling across the internet like a certain red Spider through a high school parking lot. "Wildly popular," "staple of my girlhood," "G.O.A.T. of publishing," readers proclaimed. Nostalgic and bereaved, I drove to the library to check out a few, only to discover they had been removed from the catalog.
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Jul 7, 2024 | 
writersdigest.com | Sally Franson
No one wants to write a sophomore novel. Mostly no one wants to read one, either: the shine of a debut tarnishing into lackluster sales and one-star Goodreads reviews. If I had my way, we authors would squire ourselves into obscurity after book number one and not come out until book four or five.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
sacbee.com | Sally Franson
Paulie Johansson, the protagonist of Sally Franson's second novel, "Big in Sweden," is a tall blond Minnesotan who lands a spot on a Swedish reality TV show. The prize? No money, no lovely parting gifts, but the winner gets to meet their Swedish relatives. If this sounds like a madcap setup, it is, but it's based on a real one - Franson, also a tall blond Minnesotan, was a contestant on a Swedish reality show in 2021, an experience that she mines here to comic effect.
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Jun 29, 2024 | 
redcarpetcrash.com | Sally Franson |Lana Ferguson |Win A Copy |Oisín McKenna
The book is in stores on Tuesday, July 2nd from Mariner. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3TGTpwzPaulie Johansson has never put much stock in the idea of family: she has her long-term boyfriend Declan and beloved best friend Jemma, and that’s more than enough for her. Yet one night on a lark, she lets Jemma convince her to audition for Sverige och Mig, a show on Swedish television where Swedish-Americans compete to win the ultimate prize: a reunion with their Swedish relatives.
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Jun 29, 2024 | 
redcarpetcrash.com | Lana Ferguson |Sally Franson
The book is in stores on Tuesday, July 9th from Minotaur. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3XGzsYYNewlywed Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is awakened by an urgent midnight call summoning her to a suspicious fire in the woods. When she arrives at the scene, she discovers a charred body. According to the coroner, the deceased, an Amish man named Milan Swanz, was chained to a stake and burned alive. It is an appalling and eerily symbolic crime against an upstanding husband and father.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
startribune.com | Sally Franson |Laurie Hertzel
Paulie Johansson, the protagonist of Sally Franson's second novel, "Big in Sweden," is a tall blond Minnesotan who lands a spot on a Swedish reality TV show. The prize? No money, no lovely parting gifts, but the winner gets to meet their Swedish relatives. If this sounds like a madcap setup, it is, but it's based on a real one — Franson, also a tall blond Minnesotan, was a contestant on a Swedish reality show in 2021, an experience that she mines here to comic effect.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
sun-sentinel.com | Sally Franson |Sarah Perry |David Wroblewski |Akwaeke Emezi
Connie Ogle and Carole E. Barrowman | Star Tribune (TNS)From Nigeria to Sweden to seedy L.A., this summer’s literary fiction and mysteries/thrillers provide exciting escapes. Big in SwedenBy Sally FransonMariner | Out July 2American Paulie Johansson never thought about auditioning for reality TV but when a friend encourages her to try out for a Swedish genealogy competition, she makes a drunken video and is chosen to participate.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
baltimoresun.com | Sally Franson |Sarah Perry |David Wroblewski |Akwaeke Emezi
From Nigeria to Sweden to seedy L.A., this summer's literary fiction and mysteries/thrillers provide exciting escapes. Big in SwedenBy Sally FransonMariner | Out July 2American Paulie Johansson never thought about auditioning for reality TV but when a friend encourages her to try out for a Swedish genealogy competition, she makes a drunken video and is chosen to participate. The winner gets to meet long-lost relatives, an appealing prize because Paulie isn't close to her own family.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
hastingstribune.com | Sally Franson |Sarah Perry |David Wroblewski |Akwaeke Emezi
From Nigeria to Sweden to seedy L.A., this summer's literary fiction and mysteries/thrillers provide exciting escapes. Big in SwedenBy Sally FransonMariner | Out July 2American Paulie Johansson never thought about auditioning for reality TV but when a friend encourages her to try out for a Swedish genealogy competition, she makes a drunken video and is chosen to participate. The winner gets to meet long-lost relatives, an appealing prize because Paulie isn't close to her own family.
