ERIN CELELLO
Erin Celello was born in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where she earned an MFA in fiction from Northern Michigan University. She now lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with her husband and two unruly Vizslas. An avid triathlete and marathoner, Erin also enjoys competing with her American Quarter Horse, Gino.
To keep the lights on, Erin has worked at a trucking company, in lingerie sales, and as a speechwriter to a governor. Miracle Beach is her first novel. She is hard at work on her second, forthcoming in 2012. For more information, visit her website: www.erincelello.com
LEARNING TO STAY
NAL/Penguin, Feb. 2013
Elise Sabato is proud of her husband, Brad, for serving his country…and grateful when he returns home to her. But the traumatic brain injury he suffered in Iraq has turned him from a thoughtful, brilliant, and patient man into someone quite different…someone who requires more care and attention than Elise can give while working in a demanding law firm. And when Brad ends up on his family’s farm, hundreds of miles away, she wonders where the marriage is headed. Elise must decide between the life she always wanted and the life she seems to be living…until she finds inspiration in the most unlikely of places: a lovable dog named Jones who teaches her that when the best-laid plans take unexpected turns, sometimes you ended up right where you were meant to be.
MIRACLE BEACH
NAL/Penguin, August 2011
A Literary Guild Top 20 Selection
In this powerful debut novel, Vancouver Island’s lush mountains and wind-swept beaches form the backdrop for one family’s grief…and the miracle that may help them heal.
Macy Allen is an accomplished equestrienne with a tumultuous upbringing who has relied on her horses and her huband, Nash, to pull her through. But after Nash dies in a tragic accident, Macy learns devastating secrets about his life that shake her faith in their marriage and herself.
Nash’s mother, Magda, blames Macy for her only son’s death. When her husband, Jack, moves to Vancouver Island in a desperate attempt to feel closer to the son he’s lost and never really knew, Magda’s bitterness threatens to alienate the people she needs most.
As this unlikely family struggles with loneliness and loss, and confronts Nash’s hidden past, they must question how well they knew him and what love really means. And still another surprise lies in store for them–an irrepresible child who will overturn all their expectations.
“The skillfully portrayed, believable flawed heroine has to simultaneously come to grips with the upheaval of everything she knows and her tumultuous past. Celello gets to the heart of the human character, making this story one powerful read.” – Romantic Times, 4 Stars