I’m pleased to announce that the paperback edition of Stealing Athena,(with a saucy new cover) will be available wherever books are sold on April 28th. I will be returning to the States from London to tour in May and June, so please check in with the website for the dates and locations, and please do come out and see me. If we’ve never met, please introduce yourself!

http://karenessex.com/lectures.html

I’m also booking phone chats (and dinners, if the locale is right) with book clubs so if your group is reading Stealing Athena (or one of my other novels, for that matter), please go to the website and sign up for a possible chat.

http://karenessex.com/bookclubs.html

Also, with the passing of Bettie Page in December, I received many inquiries as to where to find my original L. A. Weekly article, In Search of Bettie Page, that led to Bettie’s subsequent resurfacing and revival. To commemorate Bettie’s birthday, which just passed on April 22nd, I’ve posted the article in its original form on the website, so please read and enjoy, and send your loving thoughts to our late dark angel. ... Read more.