Wichita Novelist brings new short stories to readers

WICHITA, Kan. - June 23, 2015 - PRLog -- WICHITA NOVELIST tries her hand at shorter works. "It takes a lot less time to read a story than to write one," Tharp said. "While I finish writing my next novel I thought readers might enjoy some shorter stories."

THE AUTHOR: Born and raised in Kansas, Bonnie Tharp spent much of her formative years in her grandmother’s kitchen as official taste tester. Although not much of a chef herself, she enjoys good food and believes all the best discussions happen at the kitchen table.

Tharp graduated Magna Cum Laude from Wichita State University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications, Women & Minority Studies and Fine Arts. Tharp has written for several publications, including: Active Aging, Generation Boom, Women’s Focus, the Wichita Register and East Wichita News. She has two full length traditionally published women's fiction novels in print and eBook: Feisty Family Values and Patchwork Family. Her first short story: Earl Divine was published in eBook last month.

A self-proclaimed book-a-holic, Tharp admits that when she’s not writing, she’s reading or watching old movies. Tharp’s books are available through bookstores and online under BD Tharp, as well as Bonnie Tharp. Check out her blog, book reviews, and novel excerpts at bdtharp.com.

THE LATEST STORY: During the great depression jobs were scarce and the hope for a bright future even more so. For Sylvia Gray her life of poverty, cleaning, cooking and taking care of her three brothers is about as bleak as it can get. With her father out of work and nipping at the jug, her mother has to wait tables at the diner to make ends meet. All the family puts their support on the eldest of the brothers. There’s nothing more for girls living in the back hills of Arkansas in 1935. But Sylvia wants to finish high school and get a job so she can make her own way.

THE CROSSROADS novella available on Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Crossroads-Bonnie-Tharp-ebook/dp/B0...)