A Q&A with Featured Author Haley Tanner

Featured author Haley Tanner ("Vaclav & Lena") was recently interviewed by the blog, the sisterhood: where jewish women converse.

In the interview, Haley talks about her Jewish upbringing, writing while her husband was dealing with a terminal illness, and the importance of loving someone else truly and completely.

One of our favorite parts of the interview: "We’re all walking around with a terminal illness. We have to laugh all the time, or there’s just no point in being here at all. I like the tone of my life to be honest and light and dark and serious all at once."

Read the full, beautiful Q&A.

Tayari Jones and Haley Tanner Make ABA's Next Great Reads List for June

Novels by two GBF featured authors -- "Silver Sparrow" by Tayari Jones and "Vaclav and Lena" by Haley Tanner -- made the American Booksellers Association's Indie Next List Great Reads list for June.

About "Silver Sparrow," which garnered the top spot on the list, a bookseller said: "A complex family drama, a richly crafted coming-of-age story, and a meditation on the nature of love and forgiveness, this is a gripping story with characters you will not soon forget."

About "Vaclav & Lena: A Novel," a bookseller said: "Seldom have the variables in immigrant experiences been written about so beautifully, resulting in a book that is both a charming love story and a dramatic page-turner. ... A wonderful debut!"

See the full list and read the full reviews.