Born into a family of gospel/bluegrass musicians, I grew up on stage, opening for huge-haired country music legends of the 60s and 70s and continued performing until 1994, when I was diagnosed with lymphoma.
I used the chemo downtime to complete my first two novels, Crazy For Trying and Sugarland. Much to the surprise of everyone including me (and about fifty literary agents who'd declined to represent me), both were published and got darn respectable reviews, which is how I finally did get a literary agent, who landed a deal for my memoir, Bald in the Land of Big Hair, with HarperCollins in 2001.
I accidentally started ghostwriting after a celebrity read my memoir and asked me to help her tell her story. Ghost gigs have taken me backstage on Broadway and under the scaffolding at rock concerts. I've been a fly on the wall at congressional hearings and court proceedings and accidentally locked myself in the bathroom at the home of a Hollywood legend. Never a dull moment.
Having done over a dozen books on my own and as a ghost, I decided to start my own digital imprint, Stella Link eBooks, named after my grandmother. Last year, I released the 10th Anniversary Edition of BLBH (foreword by Elizabeth Berg!) and brought Crazy For Trying and Sugarland, out of the vault. The Hurricane Lover was my first indie novel. Now I'm doing my best to help other authors step into the future as independent artists. Visit the League of Extraordinary Authors and read about the continuing adventure on my blog, The Girl With the Shakespeare Tattoo.
I've been married to jet plane mechanic/wine maker Gary Rodgers since 1983, and we're the proud parents of two fine young adults. Gary and I live in Houston, Texas with our slightly spastic Boston terrier, Manny. In 2012, we're celebrating landmark birthdays--my 50th and Gary's 60th--with a train trip from Beijing to Paris.
Life is good, and I am humbly grateful.
Kudos
“A mix of Moly Ivins' blowsy wit and Anna Quindlen's suburban logic... Rodgers manages the rare literary feat of being funny and painful in one urgent breath.” ~ Entertainment Weekly
“Candid and amusing.” ~ People
“Gutsy and impressive...” ~ New York Times
“This talented author knows how to bring pen-and-ink people to flesh and blood fulfillment.” ~ Southern Living
I used the chemo downtime to complete my first two novels, Crazy For Trying and Sugarland. Much to the surprise of everyone including me (and about fifty literary agents who'd declined to represent me), both were published and got darn respectable reviews, which is how I finally did get a literary agent, who landed a deal for my memoir, Bald in the Land of Big Hair, with HarperCollins in 2001.
I accidentally started ghostwriting after a celebrity read my memoir and asked me to help her tell her story. Ghost gigs have taken me backstage on Broadway and under the scaffolding at rock concerts. I've been a fly on the wall at congressional hearings and court proceedings and accidentally locked myself in the bathroom at the home of a Hollywood legend. Never a dull moment.
Having done over a dozen books on my own and as a ghost, I decided to start my own digital imprint, Stella Link eBooks, named after my grandmother. Last year, I released the 10th Anniversary Edition of BLBH (foreword by Elizabeth Berg!) and brought Crazy For Trying and Sugarland, out of the vault. The Hurricane Lover was my first indie novel. Now I'm doing my best to help other authors step into the future as independent artists. Visit the League of Extraordinary Authors and read about the continuing adventure on my blog, The Girl With the Shakespeare Tattoo.
I've been married to jet plane mechanic/wine maker Gary Rodgers since 1983, and we're the proud parents of two fine young adults. Gary and I live in Houston, Texas with our slightly spastic Boston terrier, Manny. In 2012, we're celebrating landmark birthdays--my 50th and Gary's 60th--with a train trip from Beijing to Paris.
Life is good, and I am humbly grateful.
Kudos
“A mix of Moly Ivins' blowsy wit and Anna Quindlen's suburban logic... Rodgers manages the rare literary feat of being funny and painful in one urgent breath.” ~ Entertainment Weekly
“Candid and amusing.” ~ People
“Gutsy and impressive...” ~ New York Times
“This talented author knows how to bring pen-and-ink people to flesh and blood fulfillment.” ~ Southern Living
Thanks for visiting my web site. Here's me hanging out in my backyard with a glass of Gary's homemade Ghostwriter chardonnay. Below, Gary and I say "I do" (or something) at our post-hippie pseudo-Native American Rocky Mountain nuptial encounter in 1983. We still do. ~ jr
“Rodgers' strength is a knack for realistic characters and a
womanly-wise, laugh-through-tears appreciation of life.”
~ Publishers Weekly
womanly-wise, laugh-through-tears appreciation of life.”
~ Publishers Weekly
