Lila Hopkins - Coming to Artist First Radio!
Strategic Book Marketing is to proud to announce Lila Hopkins to be interviewed on the Perceptive Marketing Hour Show with Tony Kay on the Artist First Radio Network at 7 pm CST, Sept. 29, 2008.The Master Craftsman is a heartwarming tale of father/son relationships and incredible gifts of love.
This is the story of the frustrations, munderstandings and conflict between fathers and sons and the story of redemtion. It is the story of forgiveness and love and of the women who sustained their men. It is the novel of a man who has a life-threatening situation who has a chance for life if he is man enough to accept it.
It is a book that is well researched. The author has gone to great lengths to learn about the medical aspects she presents in the story and the crafts that she writes about.
It is a book that is well researched. The author has gone to great lengths to learn about the medical aspects she presents in the story and the crafts that she writes about.
Lila Hopkins grew up in New Mexico but for the past 11 years has lived in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. Weave Me A Song grew out of her love for the mountains and her admiration of the people she has met in Avery County.
Hopkins grew up in the home of a Baptist pastor and married a 
Baptist minister while she was still a college student at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. After graduation, she taught school in northern California while her husband continued his theological studies in Berkley, California. The Hopkins moved to North Carolina in 1960 for Rev. Hopkins to intern at the Department of Pastoral Care at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. In 1961, he became chaplain at McCain Hospital, where he served for 29 years.Lila taught school in Moore County for 13 years and the experience was the basis of her two award winning juvenile books, Eating Crow and Talking Turkey (1988 and 1990) Both books won the North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award. The Hopkins have three sons and one daughter and seven grandchildren.Weave Me A Song is her first adult novel. Strike A Golden Chord is her second from High Country Publishers. Mrs. Hopkins, a watercolorist, whose paintings are featured in the Graylight Gallery in Newland, painted the dust jackets and illustrated both novels. She is also the author of The Master Craftsman: Heartwarming Novel of Father-Son Relationships and the Incredible Gifts of Love.
Baptist minister while she was still a college student at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. After graduation, she taught school in northern California while her husband continued his theological studies in Berkley, California. The Hopkins moved to North Carolina in 1960 for Rev. Hopkins to intern at the Department of Pastoral Care at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. In 1961, he became chaplain at McCain Hospital, where he served for 29 years.Lila taught school in Moore County for 13 years and the experience was the basis of her two award winning juvenile books, Eating Crow and Talking Turkey (1988 and 1990) Both books won the North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award. The Hopkins have three sons and one daughter and seven grandchildren.Weave Me A Song is her first adult novel. Strike A Golden Chord is her second from High Country Publishers. Mrs. Hopkins, a watercolorist, whose paintings are featured in the Graylight Gallery in Newland, painted the dust jackets and illustrated both novels. She is also the author of The Master Craftsman: Heartwarming Novel of Father-Son Relationships and the Incredible Gifts of Love.For Media Inquries, Bookings and Appearances contact:
Miranda Spigener, Director of Book Marketing/PR Manager
Strategic Book Marketing
pr1@strategicbookmarketing.com
832-452-6068 Direct - 773-482-6068 PR Office Fax
1-800-808-6190 Corporate Office
Strategic Book Marketing
pr1@strategicbookmarketing.com
832-452-6068 Direct - 773-482-6068 PR Office Fax
1-800-808-6190 Corporate Office
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