Memoirist & Novelist
Memoirs
Writer’s Digest
“The #2 Writer, Dead or Alive, We’d Like to Have Drinks With”
Washington Post
“An impressive voice [and] original writer.”
USA Today
“Wise, witty, wicked.”
NBC’s Today show
“Laugh outloud funny!”
Library Journal
“David Sedaris meets Dave Barry.”
Chicago Tribune
“Listen to Wade Rouse — which you most assuredly should — especially if you value laughter and wisdom.”
Internationally Bestselling Novelist
PEN NAME: VIOLA SHIPMAN
Fiction
Dorothea Benton Frank
“Every now and then an important new voice in fiction arrives. Viola Shipman is that voice.”
Richard Paul Evans
“A touching tribute.”
Adriana Trigiani
“A rare jewel that will be passed down from one generation to the next.”
Library Journal
“Shipman’s charming stories of remembering those who came before you are just what the world needs right now.”
Garth Stein
“Graceful, touching, moving.”
Good Housekeeping
“Delightful!”
Booklist
“For readers of Mary Alice Monroe.”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Magical … poignant.”
Debbie Macomber
“Utterly charming.”