Memoirist & Novelist
Memoirs
Chicago Tribune
“Listen to Wade Rouse — which you most assuredly should — especially if you value laughter and wisdom.”
Washington Post
“An impressive voice [and] original writer.”
Writer’s Digest
“The #2 Writer, Dead or Alive, We’d Like to Have Drinks With”
Library Journal
“David Sedaris meets Dave Barry.”
NBC’s Today show
“Laugh outloud funny!”
USA Today
“Wise, witty, wicked.”
Internationally Bestselling Novelist
PEN NAME: VIOLA SHIPMAN
Fiction
“Magical … poignant.”
“Delightful!”
“A touching tribute.”
“A rare jewel that will be passed down from one generation to the next.”
“Shipman’s charming stories of remembering those who came before you are just what the world needs right now.”
“For readers of Mary Alice Monroe.”
“Graceful, touching, moving.”
“Like a true friendship, The Clover Girls is a novel you will forever savor and treasure.”
“Reading Viola Shipman’s novels is like talking with your best friend, and wanting never to hang up the phone.”
“Every now and then an important new voice in fiction arrives. Viola Shipman is that voice.”
“Utterly charming.”