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WASHINGTON, DC (June 3, 2005) – Internationally-renowned author and “Queen of Suspense,” Mary Higgins Clark; best-selling author of The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks; and Jack McKeon, the manager of Major League Baseball’s Florida Marlins talk about the impact of faith in their lives in a one-hour special that will be distributed to NBC-TV affiliates on Sunday, June 19th.
The program, “Personally Speaking,” is hosted by Msgr. Jim Lisante and is produced by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC) as part of the “Horizons of the Spirit” interfaith religious series seen each year on many NBC stations. A list of stations that have scheduled broadcasts will be posted on the Internet at www.personallyspeaking.org as they become available. Viewers can also call their local NBC-TV station to ask about their plans to air the program.
Mary Higgins Clark was born and raised during the Depression in the Bronx, New York. As a young girl her mother nurtured her interest in writing, and soon after she was married she started writing short stories at the kitchen table. She sold her first one in 1956 for $100.
She also decided to try her hand at novels but her first effort was lost when the publisher folded. Her second novel, “Where Are the Children?” became an international best-seller. Since then she has written more than 27 best-selling novels and has achieved international renown as the “Queen of Suspense”.
Widowed in 1964, she married former Merrill Lynch CEO John Conheeney in 1996, and is the mother of five (including daughter and frequent collaborator, Carol) and grandmother of six. She is also a devout Catholic and credits her faith with seeing her through the most difficult times in her life.
“I’ve always had a deep faith. I don’t know how people survive without it. I think it keeps you grounded and allows you to face the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.”
Nicholas Sparks was born in Omaha, but the better part of his childhood was spent on the move before his family finally settled in Fair Oaks, California. After graduating high school there, he attended the University of Notre Dame on a full track scholarship. He began writing while recovering from an injury to his Achilles tendon, ultimately producing his first novel. Although it was never published, just the accomplishment of finishing it got him thinking about a career as a writer. …
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The program, “Personally Speaking,” is hosted by Msgr. Jim Lisante and is produced by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC) as part of the “Horizons of the Spirit” interfaith religious series seen each year on many NBC stations. A list of stations that have scheduled broadcasts will be posted on the Internet at www.personallyspeaking.org as they become available. Viewers can also call their local NBC-TV station to ask about their plans to air the program.
Mary Higgins Clark was born and raised during the Depression in the Bronx, New York. As a young girl her mother nurtured her interest in writing, and soon after she was married she started writing short stories at the kitchen table. She sold her first one in 1956 for $100.
She also decided to try her hand at novels but her first effort was lost when the publisher folded. Her second novel, “Where Are the Children?” became an international best-seller. Since then she has written more than 27 best-selling novels and has achieved international renown as the “Queen of Suspense”.
Widowed in 1964, she married former Merrill Lynch CEO John Conheeney in 1996, and is the mother of five (including daughter and frequent collaborator, Carol) and grandmother of six. She is also a devout Catholic and credits her faith with seeing her through the most difficult times in her life.
“I’ve always had a deep faith. I don’t know how people survive without it. I think it keeps you grounded and allows you to face the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.”
Nicholas Sparks was born in Omaha, but the better part of his childhood was spent on the move before his family finally settled in Fair Oaks, California. After graduating high school there, he attended the University of Notre Dame on a full track scholarship. He began writing while recovering from an injury to his Achilles tendon, ultimately producing his first novel. Although it was never published, just the accomplishment of finishing it got him thinking about a career as a writer. …
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