A - Z AUTHORS - READING CHALLENGE 2015

My Participation ~
A goodreads A-Z Authors Shelf will likely form my tracking for this Challenge [possibly below for a 2nd option at hand] * I've been thinking of authors of books I intend on including in 2015 reading, needing a wee bit of help for the alphabet to be covered!  Any sleuths aware of X and Z authors...? 
* Here are the details/rules:

– The challenge runs from 1 January to 31 December 2015
– Books written by authors with last names from A-Z, collect every letter of the alphabet
– Only last names count, so William Shakespeare would fall under S, not W
– Speaking of Shakespeare, the books you read may fall under any form/genre: prose, poetry, drama; fiction, non-fiction, academic monographs…
– Books don’t have to be “physical” either–ebooks and audiobooks are welcome!
– Crossovers with other challenges and re-reads are also more than welcome!
– You do not need to have a blog or review the books in order to participate–having a list somewhere (such as GoodReads) is fine
– Come December 2015, I’ll be making a post for you to submit your completed challenges. If you finish by 31 Dec 2015, you’ll be in the running for a booktastic prize draw!

How to join:– If you’re a blogger, grab the challenge banner and link back to this post to help spread the word and encourage others to join! Fill out the form there, and include a link to your challenge sign-up post (not to your overall blog).

– If you’re a non-blogger, keep track of your authors list any way you wish (I know quite a few people start up a challenge bookshelf on Goodreads), and use the form below to fill out your details (and perhaps a link to your challenge bookshelf, if you’re setting one up)
.If you want to follow my blog, I may post special challenge-related announcements throughout the year; alternatively, just check back during December 2015. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a comment.  And that’s it, really! 

Happy reading, and all the best with the challenge!  [Samantha-Lin.com hosting]

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A - Afshar, Tessa [In the Field of Grace]
Alexander, Tamera [To Win Her Favor][To Mend a Dream]
Aminadra, Karen [Life and Love]
Austen, Jane [The Watsons] [Sanditon]
Andrews, Donna [The Nightingale Before Christmas]

B - Bergren, Lisa T  [Christmas Every Morning]
Byrd, Sandra [Mist of Midnight]
Barron, Stephanie [Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas]
Barnes, Emilie [ Tea Lover's Devotional]
Bowen, Rhys [Evan and Elle] [Amersham Rubies] [Evanly Bodies][City of Darkness and Light]
[Evan Blessed]
Benison, CC [Death at Buckingham Palace]
Bostwick, Marie [The Second Sister]
Beaton, MC [Death of a Liar] [Death of a Chimney Sweep] [ Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate] [Death of a Gentle Lady]
Bailey, Martine [An Appetite for Violets]
Brookner, Anita [Hotel du Lac]
Bebris, Carrie [Suspicion at Sanditon]
Burley, W.J. [Wycliffe and the Last Rites]
Blackwell, Juliet [ The Paris Key]
Blythe, Teresa [50 Ways to Pray]
Breslin, Kate [ Not By Sight]
Berg, Elizabeth [The Handmaid and the Carpenter]
Brown, Barbara Taylor [An Altar in the World]

C - Caroll, Robin [ Hidden in the Stars ]
Christie, Agatha [ While the Light Lasts, Manx Gold, The Harlequin Tea Set, After the Funeral,
Crooked House, A Pocket Full of Rye ] [Death in the Clouds] [Nemesis][Unexpected Guest] [Partners in Crime]
Carie, Jamie [Snow Angel]
Connelly, Victoria [Wish You Were Here] [At Home With Mr Darcy] [A Summer to Remember]
[Escape to Mulberry Cottage] [The Rose Girls] [Christmas at the Castle]
Chodron, Pema [Taking the Leap]
Cambron, Kristy [The Butterfly and the Violin]
Crandall, Dawn [ The Bound Heart, The Captive Imposter]
Cimino, Adria J [Before Paris]
Cloud, Henry [Boundaries]
Camden, Elizabeth [Beyond All Dreams]
Cameron, Julia [The Artist's Way]
Cain, Susan [Quiet]
Cooke, Graham [Overcoming Negativity Through Rest]
Coble, Colleen [All is Calm] [All is Bright]

D- Delamere, Jennifer [A Lady Most Lovely]
Dobson, Melanie [Chateau of Secrets] [Shadows of Ladenbrooke Manor]
Dickerson, Melanie [The Princess Spy]
Dunn, Carola [The Winter Garden Mystery] [Superfluous Women]
Dotta, Jessica [Price of Privilege]
Doughty, Becky [Elderberry Croft]

E - Elliot, Camille [Prelude for a Lord]
Eakes, Laurie A [A Stranger's Secret]
Ellsworth, Jeanna [Pride and Persistence]
Elkins, Kimberly [What is Visible]

F - Feinberg, Margaret [FIght Back With Joy]

G - Greene, Vanessa [Seafront Tea Rooms]
Giorello, Sibella [The Rivers Run Dry]
Gray, Bonnie [Finding Spiritual Whitespace]
Gray, Shelley [Secrets of Sloane House] [An Outlaw's Heart] [Deception on Sable Hill]
Griep, Michelle [Brentwood's Ward]
Gunn, Robin Jones [Finding Father Christmas]
Goring, Alexis A [Hope in My Heart]
Graham, Genevieve [Tides of Honour]
Greenside, Mark [I'll Never Be French]
Goyer, Tricia [Chasing Mona Lisa]

H - Hatcher, Robin Lee [A Promise Kept]
Henrie, Stacy [A Hope Remembered] [Hope's Promise]
Hannah, Sophie [Monogram Murders]
Higman, Anita [Summer's List]
Hunter, Kristi Ann [A Lady of Esteem]
Hannon, Irene [Hope Harbor]
Hedlund, Jody [The Vow]
Hynd, Noel [Conspiracy in Kiev]
I - Ingram, Mona [ Full Circle]

J - Jones, Belinda [The Travelling Tea Shop]
Jones, Jenny B [There You'll FInd Me] audio
Johnson, Kimberly Rose [Island Refuge]
James, Syrie [ The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen]
Jefferies, Dinah [The Tea Planter's Wife]

K- Kirkpatrick, Jane [Barcelona Calling]
Klassen, Julie [The Secret of Pembrooke Park] [Lady Maybe]
King, Laurie - editor [In the Company of Sherlock Holmes]

L - Ladd, Sarah E [Lady at Willowgrove Hall] [The Curiosity Keeper]
Lamott, Anne  [ Traveling Mercies ]
Lucado, Max [Miracle at the Higher Grounds Cafe]
Lloyd, Catherine [Death Comes to the Village]
Lebovitz, David [The Sweet Life in Paris]
Love, Dorothy [A Heart So True]
Lovett, Charlie [First Impressions] [Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge]
Laureano, Carla [ London Tides]
Leon, Donna [The Golden Egg]
Lang, Maureen [Whisper on the Wind]
Lippi, Rosina [Homestead]

M -McInerney, Monica [All Together Now]
Montgomery, L.M. [Anne of the Island] [Anne of Green Gables] [The Golden Road]
Meissner, Susan [Secrets of a Charmed Life]
MacNeal, Susan Elia [His Majesty's Hope] [Mrs. Roosevelt's Confidante]
Manners, Mary [Mended Heart]
Mason, Susan Anne [Irish Meadows]
Morton, Kate [The Forgotten Garden]
Maendel, Linda [Hutterite Diaries]
Mayle, Peter [ A Year in Provence]
Musser, Elizabeth [Love Beyond Limits]
MacDonald, George [ The Baron's Apprenticeship/There and Back]
McBride, James [The Good Lord Bird]
Mitchell, W.O. [The Kite]
Moody, Diane [A Christmas Peril]

N - Norato, Lisa [The Promise Keeper]
Nouwen, Henri [Life of the Beloved][In the Name of Jesus]

O - O'Neill, Geraldine [Sarah Love]
Orcutt, Jane [All the Tea in China]
Osborne, Charles [novelized An Unexpected Guest - Agatha Christie play]

P - Pura, Murray [London Dawn]

Q - Quinn, Tom [The Cook's Tale: Life Below Stairs As it Really Was - Nancy Jackman]

R- Reay, Katherine [Dear Mr Knightley] [Lizzy and Jane]
Rupp, Joyce [ May I Have This Dance? ]
Rohr, Richard [Radical Grace]
Reynolds, Sibyl Dana [Ink and Honey]
Robson, Jennifer [After the War is Over]
Roy, Gabrielle [Street of Riches]
Riggs, Deidra [Every Little Thing]

S - Stallwood, Veronica [ Death and the Oxford Box ]
Smith, Debra White [ Christmas Past ]
Smith, Alexander McCall [Emma]
Skevington, Andrea [ The Pilgrim Spirit]
Stairs, M Jean [Be My Companion]
Srubas, Rachel [The Girl Got Up]
Swope, Renee [A Confident Heart]
Stewart, Carla [Sweet Dreams] [The Hatmaker's Heart]
Sayers, Dorothy [Busman's Honeymoon]
Southard, Scott D [ A Jane Austen Daydream]
Stewart, Fran [A Wee Murder in My Shop]

T - Teresa, Mother [Words to Love By]
Turner, Jessica N [The Fringe Hours]
Tolsma, Liz [Remember the Lilies]
Turansky, Carrie [The Daughter of Highland Hall]
Trenow, Liz [The Forgotten Seamstress]
Thomas, Sarah Loudin [Appalachian Serenade]
Townsend, John [Boundaries]
Tennant, Emma [Pemberley]

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V - Vogt, Beth  K [Somebody Like You]
Vreeland, Susan [Lisette's List]
VanLiere, Donna [The Christmas Blessing]

W - Winspear, Jacqueline [A Dangerous Place]
Wilson, Kim [At Home With Jane Austen]
Walsh, Courtney [Paper Hearts]
White, Roseanna M [Fairchild's Lady] [Lost Heiress]

X - Xe, Sands [The Paris Key]

Y - Y'Barbo, Kathleen [Miss Merriweather's Marriage]
Yorkey, Mike [Chasing Mona Lisa]

Z - Zschech, Darlene  [The Art of Mentoring]

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Suggested:
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A - Alexander, Arana, Austin, Axtell, Afshar, Adams

B- Benison, Bowen, Brouwer, Buechner, Borysenko, Brown, Bergren, Bricker, Barron, Belcastro, Byrne, Bessey, Bostwick C- Cambron, Camden, Cameron, Connelly, Chittister, Caroll, Crandall, Caedmon, Cain, Cornthwaite, Christie D- Delamere, Dotta, Dyckman, Doughty, Dobson, DeMarino, Drinkwater, Dudley, Deering E- Eakes, Eyre, Elliot F- Frantz, Foster, Fforde, Fox, Feinberg, Frost G- Greene, Giorello, Gray, Gilbert, Goyer, Gohlke, Ganshert, Greensmith H- Henrie, Herriman, Heyer, Higman, Higgs, Hynd, Helm, Heuertz, Hirsch, Healy, Hannon I- Irvin, Iona , Irby J- Jio, Jones, Jennings, Janzen, Jantz K- Klassen, Kingsbury, Keller, Kidd,  Kelly, Kingston, Kaye, Kiely, Kirkpatrick L- Ladd, Lamott, Lightfoot, Lathan, Lang M- MacNeal, Macomber, Manners, Manning, Moody, Morton, Morren, Morisy, McHugh, Meissner N- Norato, Nouwen, Norris O- Ortberg, O'Donohue, O'Rourke, O'Keefe P- Pollard-Gott, Pura, Polacco, Platt, Petersheim, Perry Q- Queen, Quinn, Quick, Quest,  R- Reynolds, Richmond, Richardson, Rupp, Rosenberg, Reay, Romp S- Sayers, Stallwood, Schaeffer, Smith, Stewart, Scott, Stokes, Saxton, Sotis, Srubas T- Tyndall, Turansky, Talbot, Teasdale, Tolkien, Thomas, Turano, Tod, Teichroeb U- Urquhart, Upchurch V- VanLiere, Viola, Vogt, Voskamp, Vallotton, Viguie W- Walsh, Winspear, White, Wiehl, Wallace, Wolff, Warren, Wydick, Willard, Ward, Wingate, Wiseman, Wells, Weber, Waters X- Yes! found one 2!! - Xan Hood , Xe Sands Y- Yttrup, Yorkey, Y'Barbo, Z- Zschech, Zacharias, Zinsser, Zack, Zevin , Zafon, Zelvin,
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A-Z Authors Reading Challenge   25/26 books

[individual alphabet letters] *
Kav has a great list of authors in her Best Reads sidebar if you're looking for options. and wiki lists alphabetized include Canadian writers *






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