{"id":58824,"date":"2020-04-28T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=58824"},"modified":"2020-04-27T18:55:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T22:55:49","slug":"nyt-bestseller-tosca-lee-offers-comfort-entertainment-with-nightly-story-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/nyt-bestseller-tosca-lee-offers-comfort-entertainment-with-nightly-story-time\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT Bestseller Tosca Lee Offers Comfort, Entertainment with Nightly Story Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

LINCOLN, Neb., April 28, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — New York Times bestselling author Tosca Lee has spent the last five weeks reading to her fans live on Facebook during \u201cStory Time with Tosca.\u201d The nightly event started March 20 with a promise to read until quarantine is no longer necessary – which means she has no idea when she\u2019ll stop.<\/p>\n

\"The
\nLee is currently reading from \u201cThe Progeny,\u201d her bestselling thriller in development for TV. She read previously from her award-winning novel, Iscariot, chosen by her readers. (Poll results were close\u2014Lee\u2019s 2019 pandemic thriller, \u201cThe Line Between,\u201d came in second to perennial Easter season favorite, \u201cIscariot,\u201d which won out over a novel eerily close to current reality.)<\/p>\n

Tonight marks her 40th consecutive Story Time in what has become, for many, a daily highlight\u2014featuring laughter, giveaways, and appearances by Lee\u2019s 150-pound giant German Shepherd, Timber, the breakout star of the nightly broadcast who has become so popular fans have begun requesting the dog\u2019s paw print \u201csignature\u201d in addition to Lee\u2019s on signed book orders.<\/p>\n

For Story Time regulars, the 40-minute evening event provides a much-needed escape from pandemic news and the rigors of quarantine. Josie Siler, a Wisconsin resident and chronic illness warrior, says, \u201cIt\u2019s an incredible gift that Tosca is giving her readers each night.\u201d Michigan resident Les Braddock says Lee\u2019s nightly Story Time \u201chas done wonders in helping to maintain a level of normalcy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a blessing for my family in return,\u201d Lee says. \u201cA much-needed bit of routine in days that feel like they\u2019re running together.\u201d From days that are a little extra surreal given how closely the news has mirrored her 2019 bestselling thriller, \u201cThe Line Between.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Washington outbreak\u2026 closed schools\u2026 quarantined towns… borders shut down.<\/p>\n

The spate of recent headlines is also the plotline of Lee\u2019s medical thriller, \u201cThe Line Between,\u201d which released January, 2019 from Howard Books\/Simon & Schuster – a year before COVID-19 arrived in the U.S. The book\u2019s sequel, “A Single Light” (September, 2019, Howard Books\/Simon & Schuster) comes to paperback August 17.<\/p>\n

Watching the news over a year after the release of \u201cThe Line Between\u201d \u2014 a Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist for best mystery\/thriller of 2019 \u2014 Lee calls life \u201ceerie and surreal.\u201d Another one of the reasons Lee, herself, finds solace in Story Time with her readers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Line Between\u201d has been optioned by Radar Pictures (\u201cJumanji\u201d) and Ed Burns\u2019 Marlboro Road Gang Productions (\u201cPublic Morals\u201d) and is in development for television as first reported by Deadline Hollywood: https:\/\/deadline.com\/2019\/01\/edward-burns-radar-developing-the-line-between-thriller-novel-for-television-1202538907\/<\/a><\/p>\n

BOOK TITLES MENTIONED:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTHE LINE BETWEEN\u201d by Tosca Lee \/ HOWARD BOOKS \/ ISBN: 978-1501169090 \/ Pages: 384<\/p>\n

\u201cA SINGLE LIGHT\u201d by Tosca Lee \/ HOWARD BOOKS \/ ISBN: 978-1476798646 \/ Pages: 384 Paperback On Sale: 8\/18\/20<\/p>\n

\"Author<\/p>\n

About the Author:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lee is the award-winning, New York Times, and CBA bestselling author of 11 novels including \u201cThe Progeny,\u201d \u201cFirstborn,\u201d \u201cIscariot,\u201d \u201cThe Legend of Sheba,\u201d and The Books of Mortals series with New York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker. Her books have been translated into 17 languages and been optioned for TV and film.<\/p>\n

Tosca received her B.A. in English from Smith College. A lifelong world adventure traveler, she lives in Nebraska with her husband and three of four children still at home. To learn more about Tosca, please visit https:\/\/toscalee.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tosca is available for interviews, media appearances, speaking engagements, and\/or book review requests – please contact mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com by email or by phone at 403.464.6925.<\/p>\n

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\n*Caption: Cover, \u201cThe Line Between,\u201d by Tosca Lee.<\/p>\n

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