Longtime Great Falls resident Nelda LaTeef is an award-winning children’s author and illustrator. Her latest children’s picture book, African Proverbs For All Ages, which she illustrated and co-collected with noted anthropologist and educator Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, is being published by Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan and was just released November 30. This inspiring work has already garnered significant recognition as it …
Local author David Baldacci just released his latest book in April 2021—sure to be the next best seller. But there is so much more to this local writer. Come with me behind the scenes to learn a little more about the man and his process for creativity. A Gambling Man David Baldacci’s most recent book, A Gambling Man, is the …
Originally published in the November-December 2018 issue of VivaTysons Magazine You know him as a best-selling author of page-turning thrillers, with over 130 million books in print. But it might surprise you to learn that David Baldacci lives, works and plays in in our community. A native Virginian, he and his wife of nearly 30 years, Michelle, are long-time residents …
The NoVa TEEN Book Festival Committee is saddened to announce the cancellation of the festival this year. From their statement to attendees: Our priority, as a festival, has been to create a transformative, positive and safe environment for all of our participants. With the recent spread of COVID-19 to the Northern Virginia, Maryland and DC Metro areas, we are unable to ensure …
Now in its 5th year, Independent Book Store Day uses the last Saturday of each April to recognize book stores across the country for the important role they play in local communities. Vienna’s Bard’s Alley has been a community meeting place since it opened in 2017, and it is currently home to 7 book clubs, a poetry open mic night, …
Born in Richmond and currently living in Vienna, David Baldacci burst into the literary world in 1996 with his first book, the mystery/thriller: Absolute Power. The sizzling novel was a smash hit, and the next year it was turned into a movie starring Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, and Ed Harris. Today, Baldacci is the author of more than 40 novels, …
A once practicing lawyer in Washington D.C. for nine years, David Baldacci found fame with the publication of his first novel, “Absolute Power” in 1996—a story that would gain further prominence as a Clint Eastwood movie. Once his book became a success, he set aside his law career and over the next 21 years would write 34 best-selling novels, translated into more than 45 …
