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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks to Bargain Booksy for featuring Burning Distance: www.bargainbooksy.com/featured-books

Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · 19d

Crisis Group celebrated its 30th year in Sarajevo with a board meeting, including four of its former CEOs, researchers, board members current & some past in the cauldron where the conflict negotiation organization was born.

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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · 19d

Writers approve gender diversity justice resolution windycitytimes.com/2025/09/30/w...

Writers approve gender diversity justice resolution - Windy City Times

PEN International, the largest worldwide organization of writers, endorsed a resolution “Gender Diversity Justice” at the 91st World Congress in September, Kraków, Poland. The resolution was ratified ...

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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · 25d

Enjoy my October Substack, with blog “You Are What You Think…And Eat," Indian Writer at Risk Hany Babu, Books to Check Out section with John le Carré’s classic A PERFECT SPY and a television series—WHITE COLLAR. “On the Yellow Brick Road" is always free.
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We Are What We Think…and Eat

Dear Friends,

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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Sep 18

Enjoy the “Books to Check Out” section of my September Substack featuring a new memoir WOMAN OF FIRSTS by Kimberly Heckler and the English classic MIDDLEMARCH, a novel by George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans). Both books are about women coming into their own, written centuries apart. tinyurl.com/44uj6fkn

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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Sep 15

Weekend celebrating publication of Elliot Ackerman’s SHEEPDOGS at Academy Art Museum in Easton, MD for Shore Lit and in Washington DC at Politics & Prose along with novelist Michael Jerome Plunkett’s new novel Zone Rouge.
#sheepdogs #zonerouge #fiction #authorevent #booksigning #fallreads

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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Sep 8

Bouchercon Conference 2025 for Thriller and Mystery writers in the Big Easy. Enjoyed participating on panel “Creating a Diverse Cast of Characters” and listening to other writers & panels.
#bouchercon2025 #authorevent #thriller #suspense #mystery #bigeasy #neworleans

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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Sep 8

@peninternational.bsky.social 90th Congress in Krakow Poland “Freedom of Words, Words of the Free.” Panels on literature, climate, global conflicts, poetry reading & for me friends of a lifetime and new from around the world.
#freedomofwords #wordsofthefree #pencongress #krakow #freedomofexpression

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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Sep 8

@peninternational.bsky.social 90th Congress in Krakow, Poland celebrated Polish Pen’s centenary with 200 participants from 80 countries. “Freedom of Words, Words of the Free” discussed freedom of expression in a world in conflict. #freedomofwords #peninternational #krakow #freedomofexpression

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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Sep 2

Enjoy my September Substack, “Detecting the Counterfeit: Lies, Flimflam and the Real Deal," Cuban Writer at Risk, Kimberly Heckler’s A WOMAN OF FIRSTS and George Elliot’s MIDDLEMARCH, with other features. Hope you’ll join “On the Yellow Brick Road.” joanneleedomackerman.substack.com/p/detecting-...

Detecting the Counterfeit: Lies, Flimflam and the Real Deal

Dear Friends,

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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Sep 1

Dispatches From Afghanistan Show How the U.S. Lost Its Way — and the War www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/b...

Dispatches From Afghanistan Show How the U.S. Lost Its Way — and the War

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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Aug 29

New Thriller Blurs Lines Between Good Guys and Villains now.tufts.edu/2025/08/25/n...

New Thriller Blurs Lines Between Good Guys and Villains

Tufts Arts and Sciences and Fletcher alum Elliot Ackerman has published a new spy thriller and buddy comedy heist novel that will soon be an Apple TV show

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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Aug 26

I hope you’ll enjoy The Books to Check Out section of my August Substack featuring THE RED HOUSE MYSTERY by A.A. Milne and THE COUNTRY GIRLS by Edna O’ Brien, both novels from times past, rooted in the United Kingdom.
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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Aug 16

Excellent interview and profile of @elliot.ackerman in the @nytimes. Hope you enjoy it and his new novel SHEEPDOGS.
For complete piece visit: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/b...

#sheepdogs #fiction #nytimes

‘War Is Too Serious to Take Seriously All the Time,’ So He Wrote a Comic Novel

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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Aug 5

Happy Pub Day to Elliot Ackerman & SHEEPDOGS!

“Raw and real and beautifully told, Sheepdogs isn’t just a page-turner, it’s a mind-bender.”—David Ignatius

“A riotous entertainment.”—Publishers Weekly (starred)
#fiction #summerreads #fallreads @aaknopf.bsky.social

Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Aug 1

Enjoy my August Substack, with blog “Finding Kindness and Heroes,” Writer at Risk Boualem Sansal, two books —A.A. Milne’s THE RED HOUSE MYSTERY and Edna O’Brien’s THE COUNTRY GIRLS, and with others. Hope you sign up for “On the Yellow Brick Road.”
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Finding Kindness and Heroes

Dear Friends,

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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Jul 28

SUMMER READING! Oceanview Publishing has extended the Kindle deal on my novel BURNING DISTANCE. I hope you’ll enjoy this love story/political thriller, also available in hardcover and paperback & share with friends!
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#kindledeals #summerreads #fiction

Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Jul 26

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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thank you to Writers’ Voices and a thoughtful and fun interview with Debbie Huang Hadley.

For complete interview visit: writersvoices.com/podcasts/pol...

#thefarsideofthedesert #interntionalthriller #suspense #summerreads #fiction

Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Jul 3

Amie is ready for the 4th! 🇺🇸🎆
#4thofjulyweekend

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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Jul 1

I hope you enjoy my July Substack which includes my blog “In Search of Kindness,” new novels by James Lee Burke DON’T FORGET ME, LITTLE BESSIE and Elliot Ackerman’s upcoming SHEEPDOGS, Writer at Risk Chinese writer Zhang Zhan. I hope you’ll sign up “On the Yellow Brick Road.”

In Search of Kindness

Dear Friends,

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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Jun 27

Thank you Mary Dixie Carter for including The Far Side of the Desert as a #FridayReads recommendation!
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#summerreads #thrillerfest #suspense
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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman @jleedomackerman.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thank you to the National Indie Excellence Awards for selecting THE FAR SIDE OF THE DESERT as a Finalist in the Suspense category. Congrats to other finalists and winner Leslie Kain, Angela Douglas, Helaine Mario, Matt Barrows, Jessica Barrows Beebe, Sarah Sawyer & Zelly Ruskin
#bookaward #suspense

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