A War of Her Own Comes in Second in National Competition

After winning First Prize as best novel of the year from the Press Women of Texas, A War of Her Own has gone on to win second place at the national level of that competition. The National Federation of Press Women chose Sylvia Dickey Smith’s historical fiction novel for 2nd place in the 2011 NFPW [...]

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Sylvia Dickey Smith To Speak at The Women’s Museum (Dallas, March 10)

The Women’s Museum (Dallas, Texas) is celebrating Women’s History Month (March!) with a “Conversations With . . .” series. Featured guest on Thursday, March 10 (11:00 a.m.) is our own Sylvia Dickey Smith, author of A War of Her Own. After a boxed lunch, you will have the opportunity to discuss the book’s tale of [...]

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Dallas Morning News Praises A War of Her Own

We’re always happy to see praise for Crickhollow Books titles, especially from respected book-review sources. On Jan. 2, the Dallas Morning News did a wrap-up piece on recent Texas- and Western-oriented titles under the heading “Best of the West 2010.” They called Georgetown (Austin area) Sylvia Dickey Smith’s recent novel, A War of Her Own, [...]

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Galveston Daily News Likes A War of Her Own!

In honor of Labor Day . . . and especially to honor women’s struggles in the workplace to break into traditionally male blue-collar jobs: Here’s a wonderful review from the Galveston Daily News of Sylvia Dickey Smith’s new novel, featuring a Texas version of “Rosie the Riveter,” set on the World War II homefront in [...]

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A War of Her Own – A Tale of “Rosie the Riveter,” Texas Style

Like historical novels? Like novels with a plucky woman protagonist? Then you’ll love A War of Her Own. It’s our first novel for adult readers from Crickhollow Books. With it, our fiction line is off to a very good start. In this historical novel by Austin–area author Sylvia Dickey Smith, you’ll get pulled into the [...]

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Milwaukee TV Interview Features Author of New Book, Patton’s Lucky Scout

Thanks to Mike Anderson and the TV Channel 12 team (WISN, Milwaukee’s ABC affiliate) for their Veteran’s Day feature on the 6:00 News on Frank Wayne Martin and his newly published World War II memoir, Patton’s Lucky Scout (Crickhollow Books, October 2009). Here’s a link to a video on the WISN Channel 12 website of [...]

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Milwaukee Veteran’s World War II Memoir Released on Veteran’s Day – Patton’s Lucky Scout

Today is Veteran’s Day, and Crickhollow Books is honored to release a new title by a Milwaukee veteran of World War II. Patton’s Lucky Scout: The Adventures of a Forward Observer for General Patton and the Third Army in Europe is written by Frank Wayne Martin, with his daughter-in-law Nancy Martin. It’s a truly fascinating [...]

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