Kate Lehrer
Encyclopedia
Kate Lehrer is a writer from Washington, DC. She has written four novels, numerous short stories, essays, and book reviews, and is a panelist on the Diane Rehm
Book Club on NPR
.
Lehrer's first novel, Best Intentions, was published in 1987.
When They Took Away the Man in the Moon came out in 1993.
Out of Eden, which won the Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Novel, was published in 1996.
Confessions of a Bigamist: A Novel, described by the Washington Post as whimsical and droll, was published in 2004.
Publishers Weekly
describes Lehrer's writing style as intelligent and mannered. The Washington Post characterizes her work as fitting into “the burgeoning category of chicklit.”
Lehrer was born Kate Tom Staples in Waco, Texas
, an only child, to Thomas Malcolm Staples, a county extension agent, and Lucy Joplin, a social worker. She has been married since 1960 to novelist and PBS anchor Jim Lehrer
. They have three children and six grandchildren.
Diane Rehm
Diane Rehm is an American public radio talk show host. Her program, The Diane Rehm Show, is distributed nationally and internationally by National Public Radio. It is produced at WAMU, which is licensed to American University in Washington, D.C....
Book Club on NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
.
Lehrer's first novel, Best Intentions, was published in 1987.
When They Took Away the Man in the Moon came out in 1993.
Out of Eden, which won the Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Novel, was published in 1996.
Confessions of a Bigamist: A Novel, described by the Washington Post as whimsical and droll, was published in 2004.
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly, aka PW, is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents...
describes Lehrer's writing style as intelligent and mannered. The Washington Post characterizes her work as fitting into “the burgeoning category of chicklit.”
Lehrer was born Kate Tom Staples in Waco, Texas
Waco, Texas
Waco is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. Situated along the Brazos River and on the I-35 corridor, halfway between Dallas and Austin, it is the economic, cultural, and academic center of the 'Heart of Texas' region....
, an only child, to Thomas Malcolm Staples, a county extension agent, and Lucy Joplin, a social worker. She has been married since 1960 to novelist and PBS anchor Jim Lehrer
Jim Lehrer
James Charles "Jim" Lehrer is an American journalist and the executive editor and former news anchor for PBS NewsHour on PBS, known for his role as a frequent debate moderator during elections...
. They have three children and six grandchildren.