By Lorna Graham
352 pages; Ballantine Books
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This novel had Holmes at the title: "I love Greenwich Village," says the Ohio native who lives in Los Angeles but visits the storied New York neighborhood whenever she can. The tale of a young writer trying to follow in her late mother's literary footsteps "has a lot to say about enduring challenges to achieve a goal."

— As told to Abbe Wright