Celebrate Women’s History Month with a bundle of historical fiction and nonfiction books, featuring strong women of past and present (including my book, All the Beautiful Girls!) Enter for a chance to win here: https://bit.ly/2XrJzzy

…recommends ALL THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS as a great book club read!

This is the first interview in which I’ve had the pleasure of discussing both of my novels, THE ATOMIC WEIGHT OF LOVE and ALL THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS.  I had such fun talking with Traci Halevass – hope you enjoy listening!

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mtqkx-97e2f7

What design sketch would be complete without a cigarette?  Hmmm…definitely the 60s.  Image from UNLV digital collection.

Enviable boots on a Vegas showgirl, 1965 – photo from UNLV’s incredible digital collection.

Men ply Mansfield with furs in 1966, just prior to my character Ruby’s arrival in Vegas, and only a year prior to the “blonde bombshell’s” untimely death.   (Photo:  LV Historical Society)

in heels!  (Photo credit: Las Vegas Historical Society).

of ALL THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS:  “Writing elegant prose, Church avoids excessive sentimentality and too-neat resolutions, paving the way to the satisfying, bittersweet finale.”  https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-399-18106-1

Check out this fun Random House post on Instagram to read about my writing process.  https://www.instagram.com/p/Biu53LzBPI7/?hl=en&taken-by=randomhouse