1.   A charming but delusional woman wanders through glorious, gaudy New Orleans, where the author lives.

2.   Events take place in working-class towns in the Merrimack Valley north of Boston, the area in which the author lives.

3.   First, lightning struck the home near Arezzo where the author lives with her assistant and companion, Penelope Jardine.

4.   In this second novel from Friedman, a charming but delusional woman wanders through glorious, gaudy New Orleans, where the author lives.

5.   Interestingly enough, many authors do not live in the city, the report said, because they find it too expensive or too stifling to their creativity.

6.   Its story is set in New Iberia, La., where the author sometimes lives, and he knows this territory cold.

7.   She learned that the author lived in Omaha, two blocks from the Buffetts.

8.   The agents believe the author lives in the Atlanta area or is very familiar with it.

9.   The author lived on a three-acre farm in Lewiston, Idaho, during the years of initial publication.

10.   The author lives near the Globe theater in London.