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