Tag: events

  • Rizzoli and Isles meets Sontag
    Sunday, September 10th, 2017     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    This week I met an author whose series of novels inspired a successful TV drama that spanned 7 seasons with a total of 105 episodes. The author was Tess Gerristen, and her series of medical crime thrillers inspired the TV show, Rizzoli and Isles. Gerristen shared thoughts on what has inspired her writing and how …[ read more ]

  • The Silver Coin
    Wednesday, May 18th, 2016     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    Book 3 of the Ancient Elements series is now in its final editing stage! This ship is one of the illustrations in the book drawn by my wonderful illustrator, Marsha Ottum Owen. The book’s cover art is still in the development stage.We hope to publish by the end of June, or early July. If you’d …[ read more ]

  • A Scout from the 1944 Rising
    Tuesday, September 1st, 2015     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    This past Saturday I met Halina Butler at a Polish Festival  in Martinez, CA. At the festival, I shared about my book, Rising Hope, which takes place in  Poland during WWII. While speaking with Halina, I learned that, in 1939, she was a 12-year-old Girl Guides member (Girl Scout) when WWII began in Poland. She …[ read more ]