Oprah’s discovery propels Bret Lott into limelight with pro-life fiction
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. (BP)–Novelist Bret Lott picked up the ringing phone. It was television megastar Oprah Winfrey. Herself. She was calling to tell him she loved his novel, “Jewel,” so much that she had selected it for the February 1999 Oprah’s Book Club. In today’s literary marketplace, getting picked by Oprah is the big break […]