A look at the full cast of WAYWARD PINES

WAYWARD, Blake Crouch’s new book, is primed for big things. It is not just that the book is garnering positive reviews prior to it’s release, it is that it’s characters and story are in the process of making their way to the small screen. In May, I...

Film Review: THE SPECTACULAR NOW

Directed by James Ponsoldt Written by Michael H Weber, based on the novel by Tim Tharp Starring Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Jennifer Jason Lee, Kyle Chandler, Brie Larsen Sutter (Teller) is a high school senior unable to picture a future that has him in it. He...

Books & Movies That Grabbed Me and Never Let Go

There’s a lot bubbling under the surface of Japantown. Partly because I travel a lot. Partly because I look at a lot. And partly because I’m an American who has lived in Japan for more than two decades. I also maintain a rather dicey policy: I’ll try anything once. A...

Hank Phillippi Ryan at Once Upon A Crime

Tonight, Hank Phillippi Ryan appeared at the venerable Minneapolis bookstore Once Upon A Crime, as part of her tour for the launch of her newest thriller, THE WRONG GIRL. Ms. Ryan kept the room hanging on her every word as she shared anecdotes from her storied career...

Ms. Tree Quarterly Number 1 with Kate (and Dan)

::We open our scene at The Asylum in St. Paul. It’s night. It’s always night in St. Paul. Light shines from a lone reading lamp in the corner. The ceiling fan slowly turns overhead, sending a warm breeze across the stack of funny books on the table.:: D: You…you look...

THE WRONG GIRL by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Forge Pub date: September 10th 2013 What would you do if the agency you were adopted through sent you to meet your birth mother…but you knew it was the wrong woman? Jane Ryland’s former co-worker Tuck is distraught with the knowledge that somehow she was sent to meet...