Spike Gillespie - Austin Author & Writer's Books
Quilty as Charged: Undercover in a Material World
"Gillespie-freelance journalist, avid knitter, novice quilter-has produced a crazy quilt in praise of the million Americans who devote endless hours to creating bedcovers or works of art from small pieces of fabric. Stitched together from her own discovery of the world of competitive quilting at the 2002 International Quilt Festival in Houston and her interviews with a spectrum of quilters, embellished with the frequent sewing pun, the book combines the exuberance of quilters with illustrations of some of their creations."
-Reed Business Information
Pissed Off: On Women and Anger
"Spike Gillespie's brave and unflinching examination of her own history of hot-headedness reveals female rage in all its forms: from the justified, to the ugly, to the downright embarrassing. Forget meditation; reading these daringly honest accounts of anger gone wild - which inspire both recognition as well as repulsion - are enough to make a girl downright serene."
-Debbie Stoller, editor BUST magazine
Surrender (But Don't Give Yourself Away)
"Spike Gillespie is beautiful, charming, and funny. She told me to write that. It's also true, especially the funny part. Some of us are just a lot more alive than others, and Spike is one of those people who lives at 90 m.p.h. while experiencing everything that happens to her with an intensity that is either painful or hilarious, but usually both. If you can imagine Anne Lamott as a working-class kid from Jersey with a penchant for losers, you have an idea of Spike..."
-Molly Ivins, nationally syndicated political columnist
All The Wrong Men and One Perfect Boy
"At once shocking and familiar, All The Wrong Men and One Perfect Boy is a heartbreaking story about breaking the cycle of abuse and making family from scratch. Spike Gillespie is a goddess-send."
-Ariel Gore, editor of Hip Mama magazine