'Told with passion and sensitivity' DAILY MAIL 'Will have you rooting for them all the way' GUARDIAN 'Like having Dolly in the room with you' VAL McDERMID 'Deserves to be a runaway success' EXPRESS 'Enthralling, terrifying, moving' LEE SMITH 'A thrilling journey' KATHLEEN GRISSOM 'I absolutely loved it!' ROSS KING 'A sublime partnership' SUN 'One great read' LISA GARDNER 'This is going to be BIG' THE TIMES 'Unforgettably good stuff' TONY PARSONS 'You'll find yourself pulled right in' I PAPER 'A diverting duet' FINANCIAL TIMES THE GLOBAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER, SET TO BECOME A HIT MOVIE PRODUCED BY REESE WITHERSPOON AND STARRING DOLLY PARTON ___________________________ FIND A FUTURE. LOSE A PAST. She's a star on the rise, singing about the hard life behind her. She's also on the run. Nashville is where she's come to claim her destiny. It's also where the darkness she's fled might find her. And destroy her . . . RUN ROSE RUN: a story glittering with danger and desire. Also available: an album of 12 original Dolly Parton songs made for the novel! ____________________________ READERS ARE LOVING RUN ROSE RUN: 'It feels so authentic' 'I would give the novel ten stars were it possible' 'A great read, fabulous characters, short sharp chapters . . . A terrific collaboration' 'Beautifully written' 'A wonderful story . . . redemptive and inspiring' 'A true page-turner' 'I didn't want to put it down' ___________________________ SELECTED AS A BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2022 BY: THE TIMES DAILY TELEGRAPH GUARDIAN DAILY MAIL NEW STATESMAN BBC NEWS SUN DAILY MIRROR DAILY EXPRESS SUNDAY EXPRESS SCOTSMAN IRISH EXAMINER RTE PRESS ASSOCIATION UNCUT

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Dolly Parton (Author) Dolly Parton is the most honored and revered female singer-songwriter of all time. She has garnered eleven Grammy Awards and 51 nominations, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1999, Parton was inducted as a member of the coveted Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2020, she released the bestselling coffee table book Songteller: My Life in Lyrics. To date, Parton has donated over 200 million books to children around the world with her Imagination Library. With James Patterson, she co-authored the #1 New York Times bestseller Run Rose Run. In 2022, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Holly George-Warren is the award-winning author of seventeen books, including works on fashion, popular music history, and biographies, most recently Janis: Her Life and Music. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Oprah Daily, and many other publications. A two-time Grammy nominee, she lives in New York's Catskill Mountains. Rebecca Seaver is the director of archive services for Dolly Parton. A creative production specialist, archivist, and draglesque performer from Nashville, Tennessee, they have been working for Dolly since their early teens and have curated numerous museum exhibits for the music legend, most notably at Dollywood, the Grand Ole Opry, the Grammy Museum, and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. James Patterson (Author) JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold in excess of 400 million copies worldwide. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades - the Alex Cross, Women's Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels - and he has written many other number one bestsellers including stand-alone thrillers and non-fiction. James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young readers including the Middle School, Dog Diaries, Treasure Hunters and Max Einstein series. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed adult author in UK libraries for the past fourteen years in a row. He lives in Florida with his family.