Ayelet Waldman gave a brief status update on her Web site this month, saying she’s been busy traveling.

“The last couple of months have been a blur of touring,” she says. “Snow. Bitter cold. And you can imagine the crowds. Actually, one night it was breath-takingly cold in Pittsburgh, but 1900 people came out to hear Michael and me talk at Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures. Three nights later, guess how many people came to hear just me in Old Greenwich, Connecticut? Two.”