Time Tested Books presents Mary Mackey & her new book The Notorious Mrs. Winston Wednesday, August 22, 2007.  7pm Time Tested Books is pleased to announce a reading & book signing with Mary Mackey for her new book, The Notorious Mrs. Winston. Set during the American Civil War, The Notorious Mrs. Winston is the story of Claire Winston, who went from freeing slaves with her father to falling in love with a Confederate soldier and being drafted into Morgan’s Raiders. The Notorious Mrs. Winston is a thrilling and intense story that involves everything from guerilla warfare to romance and is published by Berkley. Mary Mackey’s published works include five volumes of poetry, a novella, and  eleven novels. Her works have sold over a million copies and have been translated into eleven foreign languages. A screenwriter as well as a novelist, she has sold feature-length screenplays to Warner Brothers as well as to independent film companies.  Mackey’s nonfiction and memoirs have appeared in various anthologies. She has reviewed books for The San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury News, the American Book Review, and a variety of other publications; has lectured at Harvard and the Smithsonian; and has contributed to such diverse print and on-line publications  as The Chiron Review, Redbook, and Salon. Mackey is related through her father's family to Mark Twain. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. During her twenties, she lived in the rain forests of Costa Rica. In the‘90s she served as Chair of PEN American Center, West. She is a fellow of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and has recently served on the Governing Board of PEN Oakland. Mackey is a Professor of English and Writer in Residence at California State University where she teaches creative writing and film. Copies of Mary Mackey's books are available at Time Tested Books.   Time Tested Books is located at 1114 21st Street in Midtown Sacramento.