NEWS

Read here for an account of the 2021 Rocky Mountain Literary Festival, where I’m a featured author alongside David Treuer, Pam Houston, and Carter Wilson.

My debut novel, The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt, wins the 2021 IPPY Silver Medal for Best Regional Fiction (Southeast).

It’s a Southern Thing highlights The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt as one of its 15 Beach Reads Set in the South, Perfect for Summer 2020.

My debut novel is a longlist nominee for the Reading the West Book Awards.

Books-A-Million chooses The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt as its Fiction Book Club Pick for October.

Parade Magazine includes my debut novel in its roundup of 12 New Books to Read Over Labor Day Weekend.

Canada’s The Globe and Mail picks The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt as one of Seven Thrillers That Will Keep You Wanting More, noting that “Bobotis is definitely a writer to watch.”

The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt kicks off BookBub’s 10 Debut Summer Books by Women Everyone Should Read.

Library Journal chooses my novel as one of its Best Summer/Fall Debut Novels of 2019.

Ms. Career Girl lists The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt as one of its 10 New Books That Make Great End of Summer Reads.

Due South Magazine reviews my novel: “I wanted to savor every page and tiny detail shared by Miss Judith. They are simply so beautiful and poetic…” Read more here.

Shelf Awareness shares a photo of my book tour stop at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC as its Image of the Day.

I write about finding value in slow writing in this Women Writers, Women’s Books blog post.

Deep South Magazine offers up a thoughtful Q&A about The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt, which includes asking me about the last list I made.

Library Journal recaps its Day of Dialog, where I participated in a Top Fiction Debuts panel with authors Kira Jane Buxton, E.R. Ramzipoor, and Cadwell Turnbull.

Pat Sainz offers a thoughtful review of The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt in The Missourian.

These blogs feature Q&As about my debut novel: Deborah Kalb’s Book Q&As, TBR by Leslie Pietrzyk, and TCL’s Countdown Questions by Davida Chazan.

The New York Post names my debut novel one of its Best Books of the Week.

Coastal Living picks The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt as one of its Best Beach Reads for Summer 2019.

The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance chooses my novel as one of its 2019 Summer Okra Picks.

Celebrity Molly Sims includes The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt on her summer book list.

Woman’s Day Magazine spotlights my debut novel as one of its summer picks.

Deep South Magazine includes The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt on its 2019 Summer Reading List.

Denver’s Westword Magazine highlights the launch event of The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt as one of Five Best Literary Events This Week.

Workingmother.com features my novel as one of its 20 Most Anticipated Summer Books of 2019.

She Reads names The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt one of the Best Books of Summer 2019.

Publishers Weekly writes about the Southern roots of my novel and the family murder that inspired it in this article.

Carve Magazine’s Spring 2019 issue interviews me for its “One to Watch” feature.

Publishers Weekly describes my debut novel as “thoughtful and quintessentially Southern … The well-told tale unfolds like a magnolia, slowly revealing a languid beauty. Mystery fans will also be satisfied.” Read the full trade review here.

I’m the Faculty Spotlight on Lighthouse Writers Workshop’s blog. Check out the Q&A to learn how The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt was inspired by a piece of my family’s history, plus how the West informed my very Southern novel.

Shelf Awareness chooses The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt as a GLOW pick.

My short story “Kudzu” wins second place in Carve Magazine’s Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, judged by House of Sand and Fog author Andre Dubus III.

I share a little about my writing process and a prized family possession in “A Gathering Up,” a blog post for Lighthouse Writers Workshop.

I explain why stories matter so much to me in this blog post for Lighthouse Writers Workshop.

In 2014, my novel-in-progress, what would become The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt, wins runner-up for the James Jones First Novel Fellowship.