Local Author Stacey Gustafson Makes Publishing Debut with Humor Collection Are You Kidding Me? Reaches #4 on Amazon Hot New Releases List During Debut Week

LOCAL AUTHOR MAKES PUBLISHING DEBUT WITH HUMOR COMPILATION ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Novel Reaches #4 on Amazon’s Hot New Releases List During Debut Week

(PLEASANTON, CA) NOVEMBER 14, 2014 – Local author Stacey Gustafson released her debut novel, Are You Kidding Me? My Life with an Extremely Loud Family, Bathroom Calamities, and Crazy Relatives, a compilation of hilarious, surprising, and relatable stories. The book reached #4 on Amazon’s Hot New Releases list for its category during its debut week.

Meet the author at Towne Center Books in downtown Pleasanton during the second annual Holiday Spirit Stroll on November 22 from 5-7 p.m. This fun event coincides with the Magical Holiday Evening, a popular annual shopping event. Signed copies will be for sale. Buy a book and enter to win two free tickets to Tommy T’s Comedy Club. Gift wrapping will be available.

Featuring 63 tell-all tales from the trenches of motherhood, the anthology is a brash, voyeuristic peek inside the topsy-turvy world of suburban motherhood, midlife madness, and all points in between. If you’ve ever called SWAT on a neighbor, faked a heart attack in church, or pulled your hair out while questioning the sanity of your family, her tongue-in-cheek brand of humor will resonate.

Leighann Lord, a comedian named one of New York’s 10 Hottest Comics and author of the popular humor blog, The Urban Erma, said, “Peek inside the world of suburbia and life beyond through streaky, rose-colored glasses. It’s not always pretty and you’ll scratch your head wondering, ‘Are you kidding me?’ but that’s okay! Stacey Gustafson tackles midlife mishaps, family chaos, and epic bathroom adventures on her own terms with her own personal style of humor.”

Penny Warner, winner of an Agatha Award for Best Juvenile Mystery and author of over 50 books, including How to Host a Killer Party series, said, “Humor columnist Stacey Gustafson puts a lighthearted spin on marriage, family, and life’s frustrations while delving into the chaotic depths of suburbia. She has an incredible wit to her writing; combining humor with the realities of raising a family and experiences of life as a contemporary woman.”

Gustafson has been a Pleasanton resident for over 10 years along with her husband, two kids, and beloved dog. An author, humor columnist, and blogger, her short stories have appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul and Not Your Mother’s Books. Her work also appears in print and online at Midlife Boulevard, Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop, Generation Fabulous, ZestNow, More Magazine, Pleasanton Patch, Lost in Suburbia, Better After 50, and on her daughter’s bulletin board. She was recently honored as Erma Bombeck’s Humor Writer of the Month.

Are You Kidding Me? is available in both print and eBook format on Amazon. Stacey Gustafson is available for interviews and appearances. To arrange presentations, media appearances, and interviews, contact gustafson1@comcast.net.

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