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See Events + Classes for an updated list of my author talks and creative writing classes.
Read here for an account of the 2021 Rocky Mountain Literary Festival, where I was a featured author alongside David Treuer, Pam Houston, and Carter Wilson.
My debut novel, The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt, won the 2021 IPPY Silver Medal for Best Regional Fiction (Southeast).
It’s a Southern Thing highlighted The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt as one of its 15 Beach Reads Set in the South, Perfect for Summer 2020.
My debut novel was a longlist nominee for the Reading the West Book Awards.
Books-A-Million chose The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt as its Fiction Book Club Pick for October.
Parade Magazine included my debut novel in its roundup of 12 New Books to Read Over Labor Day Weekend.
Canada’s The Globe and Mail picked The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt as one of Seven Thrillers That Will Keep You Wanting More, noting that “Bobotis is definitely a writer to watch.”
The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt kicked off BookBub’s 10 Debut Summer Books by Women Everyone Should Read.
Library Journal chose my novel as one of its Best Summer/Fall Debut Novels of 2019.
Ms. Career Girl listed The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt as one of its 10 New Books That Make Great End of Summer Reads.
Due South Magazine reviewed my novel: “I wanted to savor every page and tiny detail shared by Miss Judith. They are simply so beautiful and poetic…” Read more here.
Shelf Awareness shared a photo of my book tour stop at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC as its Image of the Day.
I wrote about finding value in slow writing in this Women Writers, Women’s Books blog post.
Deep South Magazine offered up a Q&A about The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt, which included asking me about the last list I made.
Library Journal recapped its Day of Dialog, where I participated in a Top Fiction Debuts panel with authors Kira Jane Buxton, E.R. Ramzipoor, and Cadwell Turnbull.
Pat Sainz offered a thoughtful review of The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt in The Missourian.
These blogs featured Q&As about my debut novel: Deborah Kalb’s Book Q&As, TBR by Leslie Pietrzyk, and TCL’s Countdown Questions by Davida Chazan.
The New York Post named my debut novel one of its Best Books of the Week.
Coastal Living picked The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt as one of its Best Beach Reads for Summer 2019.
The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance chose my novel as one of its 2019 Summer Okra Picks.
Celebrity Molly Sims included The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt on her summer book list.
Woman’s Day Magazine spotlighted my debut novel as one of its summer picks.
Deep South Magazine included The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt on its 2019 Summer Reading List.
Denver’s Westword Magazine highlighted the launch event of The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt as one of Five Best Literary Events This Week.
She Reads named The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt one of the Best Books of Summer 2019.
Publishers Weekly wrote about the Southern roots of my novel and the family murder that inspired it in this article.
Carve Magazine’s Spring 2019 issue interviewed me for its “One to Watch” feature.
Publishers Weekly described my debut novel as “thoughtful and quintessentially Southern … The well-told tale unfolds like a magnolia, slowly revealing a languid beauty. Mystery fans will also be satisfied.” Read the full trade review here.
I was the Faculty Spotlight for Lighthouse Writers Workshop. Check out the Q&A to learn how The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt was inspired by a piece of my family’s history, plus how the West informed my very Southern novel.
My short story “Kudzu” won second place in Carve Magazine’s Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, judged by House of Sand and Fog author Andre Dubus III.
I shared a little about my writing process and a prized family possession in “A Gathering Up,” a blog post for Lighthouse Writers Workshop.
I explained why stories matter so much to me in this blog post for Lighthouse Writers Workshop.
In 2014, my novel-in-progress, what would become The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt, won runner-up for the James Jones First Novel Fellowship.