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A quarterly electronic magazine offering the BEST of Author Interviews, fiction,
poetry, articles, and book reviews.

Ian Rankin is at an important time in his career. After a slow start, his long-running series of Inspector Rebus novels is now sixteen
titles long and spans eighteen years. But time is running out for the popular Edinburgh cop. Two years from now he will be of
retirement age and with Rankin having written Rebus in real-time, the options are narrowing. Read it here.

The Bitch Posse is Martha O’Connor’s haunting debut novel of three friends bound by secrets and excess of yesterday. Sharing a
twisted bond of irresponsible and neglectful parents the three seniors binge on sex, alcohol and drugs which in the end, drive the
three to make a fatal mistake – one that will impact the rest of their lives. Read it here.

Sara Gruen is the bestselling author of Riding Lessons, Flying Changes, and the soon to be released Water for Elephants. She took
some time out of her writing schedule to talk with The Scruffy Dog Review about her new book, her plans for the future and her
writing closet. Read it here.

Silvio Sirias took some time out of his writing schedule to talk with The Scruffy Dog Review about his book Bernardo and the Virgin and
what moved him to write such a passionate tale of an actual historical and religious event. Read it here.

She's smart, beautiful and a terrific author. She made a name for herself in the literary world with her first novel, MOST WANTED, which
received rave reviews and was a 2005 Booksense Pick for March. MOST WANTED is also a top pick on our own Scruffy Dog Bookshelf. Her
next novel, FINISHING SCHOOL is also quickly becoming a worldwide success! Read it here.

Sandra Kring, author of CARRY ME HOME, a Book Sense Notable Pick and a 2005 Midwest Bookseller’s Award Nominee, and THE BOOK OF
BRIGHT IDEAS, Target'sBookmarked Selection for summer 2006 which is currently in its 5th printing, is a favorite of The Scruffy Dog
Review. She graciously gave us a few minutes of her time to talk about her wonderful books and her blossoming writing career. Read it
here.

Being compared to Thomas Hardy or described as Edinburgh’s answer to Dorothy Parker by a national newspaper could be enough to
send most writers ego’s soaring through the roof.Not so in the case of Scottish poet, Anita Govan, who laughs off these suggestions
with comfortable ease. Read it here.

Successful debut author Jon Clinch took time out of his busy schedule to talk to us taking about his writing life, his novel, FINN, on the
Twain legacy and what it took to create what is one of the greatest stories of the year. Read it here.

Renee Russell lives in Tennessee and has been writing for over nine years. Her fiction has appeared in a wide variety of publications, and
she has freelanced for The Commercial Appeal. She is the author of Kate's Pride, a Southern Gothic historical novel set in West
Tennessee, between the end of the Civil War and the turn of the century. The book was published by Wings ePress Inc.
(www.wings-press.com) in January 2007. Read it here.

Associate Editor, Terri Molina met up with Kim several months ago following the annual Backspace conference and found her to be a
fascinating young woman. When the chance came up to interview an author for The Scruffy Dog Review, she jumped at the
opportunity. Kim’s novel No Place Safe: A Family Memoir is a gripping coming of age story set during the time of the horrific Atlanta
child murders in which her mother was a lead officer with the crime task force.