Spring is coming and we are getting ready to spend more time out of doors (we hope) in good weather picnicking, camping, traveling and just getting out in the fresh air. We will be bringing our smartphones and/or eBook reading devices as well. Because there is nothing more relaxing than being able to sit in your lawn chair and reading a good book. To that end, I have written to Penguin/RandomHouse to see when they expect to release the remainder of our favorite author’s stories in eBook format. I don’t know when or even if I will get a response so all of my fellow fans may need to email them and ask as well to: customerservice@penguinrandomhouse.com They have set up an author page for her as well on their website with a “Sign-Up for this author updates” newsletter so I signed up for that as well: http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/10102/dorothy-gilman
We have received a couple of emails from our fellow fans that have prompted me to check on this again. Below are both of them. We love to hear from our fellow Dorothy Gilman fans so keep them coming and we will post some of them to our News Update page as well.
Susan Shea
Subject Mrs Pollifax books 8 and on in Kindle form
December 31, 2016 at 9:29 am
Does anyone know anything about the kindle series of the Mrs Pollifax books? I was happily re- reading the series in order – this time in Kindle form for travel convenience and found that it stops at book 7 – I realize the last one is out as well, but am frustrated that I can’t collect the ones in between. Any idea who owns the rights and if they are planning on releasing the rest? I would love to campaign for this event just in case…… It has been decades since I first read, loved, and collected the books in the series, but time and moves have depleted my collection down to a couple of actual books. Suppose I could start again with used, but truthfully, this is one area where having them all on kindle to re-read at will anywhere would be nice. Any info that is out there on this is appreciated.
Thanks Susan for your email and we hope to have an update on this soon.
Joyce C Wicks
Subject I love Mrs. Pollifax!
February 12, 2017 at 8:53 pm
I LOVE the Mrs. Pollifax series of books by Dorothy Gilman Butters. I’m almost done reading Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish.” My daughter got me started on these books and I’ve been reading them every since. It’s not usually the type of book that I read, but I’m completely hooked. So much mystery, history, comedy and with a little romance thrown in. I got part of them on Audible and the best Mrs. Pollifax books are those read by Barbara Rosenblatt. She is really good! I loved Gilman’s book, “The Nun in the Closet.” It was so good and also funny. Dorothy Gilman Butters died in 2012. I so wish someone would continue the series about Mrs. Pollifax the Spy. Also wish someone would continue her one book about the nuns. It seems there should be more to it. I think the nuns would make a good series too 🙂
Thanks for your email Joyce. I love to re-read all of Dorothy Gilman’s books at least once a year. You know you forget something in the stories or discover other things that you may have missed previously. We have always encouraged our fellow fans to write some fan fiction with their favorite Gilman characters and would love to post them here for all of us to enjoy. You cannot get paid for continuing a storyline by another author but you can post fanfiction on sites like ours for recognition only. Who knows, there may be a literary agent or publisher checking out our website and find your stories engaging enough to have you write your own stories for them!
Until next time. Keep those emails coming and keep pestering the publishing house to get the rest of our favorite author’s books released in eBook format!
