Learn about 'world’s longest book tour' at Indie Writers Group meeting Jan. 14 

The Indie Authors Group, a monthly gathering of National Press Club members exploring all aspects of independent book publishing, will host bestselling author Jenny Milchman to talk about her “World’s Longest Book Tour” at the group's monthly virtual meeting at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 14.

The meeting is open to all Press Club members. To participate, click here. 

In 2013, Milchman, then an unknown first-time author, rented her house, traded two cars for an SUV that could handle Denver in February, and pulled her kids out of first and third grades to "car-school" them on what Shelf Awareness called the "world's longest book tour." She now speaks nationally about the literal and figurative road to a dream.

Milchman is the Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning and PEN/Faulkner-nominated author of five suspense novels. Her work has been praised by The New York Times, chosen as an “Indie Next List” by the American Booksellers Association, received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist and Library Journal, and has appeared on the USA Today bestsellers list.

While most meetings are limited to group members, the January meeting will be open to all Club members who might want to find out if they are interested in independent book publishing.

Past meetings have dealt with audio books, marketing, authors' conferences, mentorships for Club members, self-publishing, book distribution and much more. Discussions are not limited to indie publishing issues since there is so much crossover with conventional publishing, but the focus is from the indie author’s point of view.