Wall Street Journal author of local best-selling book writes about positive tour experience in Iowa City, Cedar Rapids

From Wall Street Journal:

Meet the Readers:Pressing the FleshIn Iowa CityBy JASON L. RILEYJune 6, 2008; Page W11[W]hen my publisher informed me that no extensive book tour was in the works, and that most of the publicity could be done by phone from my office desk in New York, I was very much relieved.And then I met Tom Cilek and Katherine Moyers of Iowa City, Iowa. ...Despite my inability to fake warmth and wit in person, I had agreed to do a reading at Prairie Lights Books in Iowa City. It was arranged by a friend and former Wall Street Journal colleague now teaching at the University of Iowa. And she assured me that Tom, a local banker, and Katherine, a pillar of Iowa City civic life, would make the trip worthwhile. ...[U]pon returning to New York I received the following email from Katherine:Jason: Just FYI, 'Let Them In' is #1 on the Cedar Rapids Gazette's Local Best-Seller List. Congratulations! ...

Pressing the Flesh

In Iowa City

By JASON L. RILEY

June 6, 2008; Page W11

[W]hen my publisher informed me that no extensive book tour was in the works, and that most of the publicity could be done by phone from my office desk in New York, I was very much relieved.

And then I met Tom Cilek and Katherine Moyers of Iowa City, Iowa. ...

Despite my inability to fake warmth and wit in person, I had agreed to do a reading at Prairie Lights Books in Iowa City. It was arranged by a friend and former Wall Street Journal colleague now teaching at the University of Iowa. And she assured me that Tom, a local banker, and Katherine, a pillar of Iowa City civic life, would make the trip worthwhile. ...

[U]pon returning to New York I received the following email from Katherine:

Jason: Just FYI, 'Let Them In' is #1 on the Cedar Rapids Gazette's Local Best-Seller List. Congratulations! ...