Texas Publisher Lands Sequel to "Bridges"
By AAN Staff
march 18, 2002 10:49 am
Author Robert
James Waller went into seclusion after his
book The Bridges of
Madison County
became a runaway
best-seller. He
bought a ranch in
remote Alpine,
Texas, and hunkered down. Then
Waller finished writing the sequel to Bridges
and offered its publishing rights to the owners of
the local bookstore, a husband-and-wife team from
Houston who themselves had escaped the limelight
to find peace of mind in the back country.
Dallas
Observer staff writer Carlton Stowers tells
the story of one of the publishing world's most
unlikely business deals.