71.   Despite describing so many spectacularly failed love affairs in her books, she still hopes for a conventional romantic future.

72.   Ellerbee is telling the dressed-up crowd at the Fort Worth Public Library a little about her books but more about her own life.

73.   English Heritage includes tours of places in southwest England associated with her books.

74.   Few of her books were in print at the time.

75.   Few contemporary suspense writers have achieved the balance that Clark has in her books.

76.   For Anna Veksler, the most painful loss was her books.

77.   For those who know her books, they are like a series of conversations, a running translation of the Italian sensibility.

78.   Four of her books received James Beard Food and Beverage Book Awards.

79.   Friends say she is intensely devoted to her son, who is mentioned in anecdotes in her books.

80.   Gloeckner veers in our conversations between self-righteousness and embarrassment, between dreaming of a larger audience and hoping no one she knows will ever see her books.