She decided, instead, to write a biographical historical novel about Zelda Fitzgerald, Z, which was published in 2013. Her editor at the time felt she should take on a pen name and try again with the same sort of book, but Therese was not persuaded.
After the publication of three contemporary novels, each of which sold fewer copies than the previous one, Therese faced a hard truth: her career was in a nosedive. Some are published with a lot of marketing and publicity support, but most are not. Her first novel was published in 2008.Ī book’s fate is almost entirely outside its author’s control. to play Little League baseball.Īfter a too-early first marriage and a stint as the single mother of two terrific (now grown-up) sons, she went on to earn a BA in sociology/cultural anthropology and an MFA in creative writing, both from North Carolina State University. She was one of the first girls in the U.S.
An avowed tomboy as a child, Therese protested her grandmother’s determined attempts to dress her in frills, and then, to further her point, insisted on playing baseball even though Milan had a perfectly good girls’ softball league. Therese Anne Fowler (pronounced ta-reece) is the third child and only daughter of a couple who raised their children in Milan, Illinois.
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