Randy Sue Coburn - Author Randy Sue Coburn

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April, 2007 - Owl Island Paperback Release

On May 1, 2007, Ballantine Books will publish Randy Sue Coburn’s dazzlingly written novel, OWL ISLAND, in paperback ($7.99). With tremendous heart, humor and wisdom, Coburn brings to life the Pacific Northwest enclave of Owl Island and its many unforgettable inhabitants.

Widow Phoebe Allen has led an emotionally contained, independent life, raising her daughter to adulthood and running a small fishing net business. But Phoebe must pry open the lid she’s kept clamped on her secrets and scars when a celebrated film director becomes a neighbor. Whitney Traynor was charismatic enough to “charm the ice off a dog dish” years ago, when Phoebe first fell in love with him, and he has not lost his touch—or his talent for stirring things up. His arrival forces Phoebe to confront not only complications with her current lover, daughter, and neighbors, but the early loss of her own mother, whose mysteries are at last emerging.

A superb, beautifully rendered story, OWL ISLAND casts a net sure to capture the hearts of literary readers as well as women’s fiction fans.

September 10, 2006 - "Owl Island" is a Bestseller on the Book Sense/Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association list for the second time since August.

July 11, 2006 - "Owl Island" is #1 Best-Seller at Seattle's M. Coy Books

July 21-Randy Sue Coburn's novel, "Owl Island," topped the list of best-selling hardcover books listed today by The Seattle Times for M. Coy Books. According to proprietor Michael Coy, sales are humming due to a glowing review that ran in The Times several weeks ago and positive word of mouth. The author suspects that the store's eye-catching window display for "Owl Island"—replete with miniature evergreens left over from either Christmas or "Snow Falling on Cedars"—is another big plus.

June 23, 2006 - Owl Island Reviewed by Seattle Times

"Owl Island" delivers the dual joys of a writer who wields a confident broad brush and has a sharp eye for tiny, perfect detail—an unusual skill set that's deepened appreciably since Randy Sue Coburn's forthright first novel, "Remembering Jody," came out seven years ago...
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June, 2006 - Randy Sue's Second novel, Owl Island, released

With tremendous heart, humor and wisdom, Randy Sue Coburn brings to life the Pacific Northwest enclave of a remote island in Washington's Puget Sound, and its many unforgettable inhabitants in her latest novel, OWL ISLAND (Ballantine Books; June 2006; 0-345-48763-X; Hardcover; $23.95). Coburn's dazzlingly written novel is set among the towering firs and windswept beaches of the Pacific Northwest. This is a superb, beautifully rendered story from an accomplished screenwriter and novelist.
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