November 1, 2009

Giveaway: The Gate House by Nelson DeMille

WINNERS: Beth in New Jersey, Ellie in Texas, Cheryl in Pennsylvania and Amanda in Illinois



Author's website and Facebook page

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille delivers the long-awaited follow-up to his classic novel The Gold Coast. When John Sutter's aristocratic wife killed her mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his sailboat on a three-year journey around the world, eventually settling in London. Now, ten years later, he has come home to the Gold Coast, that stretch of land on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America, to attend the imminent funeral of an old family servant.


Nelson DeMille is also the author of Wild Fire, Night Fall, Up Country, The Lion's Game, Plum Island, The Charm School, Word of Honor, The Talbot Odyssey, Cathedral, and By the Rivers of Babylon. He lives on Long Island, New York.

To enter to win one of five copies just visit the author's website and comment on one thing you learned while visiting. It could be anything.

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Giveaway open to US and Canada only. Please, no PO Boxes. Winners will be selected November 15th and will have 48 hours to respond to the winning email. Please be sure to leave me an email address in your comment if it's not in your profile or your post using anonymous.

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38 comments :

dor said...

Nelson was featured in Hamptons.com on August 13, 2009.

dorcontest at gmail dot com

travellingmomof2 said...

A General's Daughter (movie) was baswed on his book.

Anonymous said...

The book is coming out in paperback on 11/3/09.

bgcchs(at)yahoo(dot)com

enyl said...

I learned that the author received the Air Medal, the Bronze Star, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry while serving in Vietnam.
enyl(at)inbox(dot)com

clenna said...

DeMille led an interesting life, serving in the army, then finishing school and starting his writing career.

clenna at aol dot com

mindy said...

that he served in vietnam minsthins at optonline dot net

Martha Lawson said...

He holds three honorary doctorates..

mlawson17 at hotmail dot com

Renee G said...

I learned that Nelson Richard DeMille was born in New York City on August 23, 1943.


rsgrandinetti@yahoo(Dot)com

Kat Bryan said...

Mr. DeMille is a member of American Mensa.

winterset AT peoplepc.com

Alicia said...

DeMille's earlier books were NYPD detective novels.

Thanks for the giveaway >^..^<

bloggyig at gmail dot com

Kaye said...

Nelson was decorated with the Bronze Star and the Vietnamese Cross for his service during the Vietnam War.

florida982002[at]yahoo.com

Meljprincess said...

"The Great Gatspy" meets "The Godfather" was Mr. Demille's inspiration for writing THE GOLD COAST.

Meljprincess AT col DOT com

Nickolay said...

He played football and ran track in high school

jason(at)allworldautomotive(dot)com

Susan Helene Gottfried said...

No need to enter me, babe. I'm dropping in to say thanks for the e-mail. I've got this posted at Win a Book for you.

Jessica ( frellathon ) said...

I learned that The Generals Daughter was not the only book of his to make it to the screen which I had thought was the case. Plus there are many optioned so we may yet see more Demille books on the screen.

jessica(at)fan(dot)com

Melissa (Books R Us) said...

He wrote the generals daughter screen play


melissa@gingerhigh.com

Anonymous said...

the paperback version will be availabe tomorrow...11/3

karen k
kmkuka(at)yahoo(dot)Com

brokenteepee said...

In my last Newsletter, I told you about the problem I had with my government check from the Bestselling Author's Relief Fund (BARF), but since then, the government has declared me Too Big To Fail, and has sent me, in lieu of a bailout check, a note of encouragement, telling me to hang in there.
heh heh
thank you
kaiminani@gmail.com

Cindy B.of Montana said...

On the author's web site I saw 8 movies listed that were from his books. One of them was The General's Daughter which was a great story. Hmmm, I may add this author to my Awesome Author Challenge list!

Some Lucky Dog said...

11-02 tweet
http://twitter.com/someluckydog/status/5382217577

(Monie, my initial entry was under Cindy B. of Montana. The rest will be under Some Lucky Dog, they have the same photo. Hopefully, I will cure myself of this split personality soon :))

Brenda S. said...

I learned that Nelson Richard DeMille was born in New York City on August 23, 1943.
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Ellie Wright said...

Mr DeMille was a decorated veteran of the Vietnam war. Thanks for the giveaway.
eswright18 at gmail dot com

catss99 said...

His first major novel was By the Rivers of Babylon, published in 1978 and still in print.

amanda
catss99@yahoo.com

catss99 said...

tweet

http://twitter.com/catss99/status/5473365347

amanda
catss99@yahoo.com

Simply Stacie said...

The author was born in New York City.

simplystacieblog at gmail dot com

catss99 said...

daily tweet

http://twitter.com/catss99/status/5528183764

amanda
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catss99 said...

daily tweet

http://twitter.com/catss99/status/5554098355

amanda
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Reading said...

I learned that the author served in Vietnam.

lizzi0915 at aol dot com

Emma said...

That he wrote The Charm School.Please enter me in the giveaway.augustlily06(at)aim(dot)com.Thank you.

Anita Yancey said...

I learned that in high school, he played football and ran track. Sounds like a wonderful book. Please enter me. Thanks!

ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net

CherylS22 said...

I learned that Nelson DeMille is a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War.

Thanks ~ megalon22{at}yahoo{dot}com

Marjorie/cenya2 said...

I have never read a book by this
man, so I would like to start
with this book.

cenya2 at hotmail dot com

I follow by google reader.

He also wrote the Charm school.

disneyfanheather said...

He was a First Lieutenant in the United States Army (1966-69) and saw action as an infantry platoon leader with the First Cavalry Division in Vietnam.

disneyfanheather said...

I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/_HeatherAnne_/status/5732715037

AmyLynn said...

I learned that he holds three honorary doctorates: Doctor of Humane Letters from Hofstra University, Doctor of Literature from Long Island University, and Doctor of Humane Letters from Dowling College.

AmyLynn said...

Tweet: http://twitter.com/hillfam2005/status/5740188618

Lee P said...

I learned that he received his degree in Political Science and History from Hofstra University. Loved the General's Daughter! Thank you for this giveaway.

chinook92 at gmail dot com

Lee P said...

I Tweeted:

http://twitter.com/chinook92/status/5741697828

chinook92 at gmail dot com