About Big Brother • Hardcover: 384 pages • Publisher: Harper (June 4, 2013) From the acclaimed author of the National Book Award finalist So Much for That and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin comes a striking new novel about siblings, marriage, and obesity. When Pandora picks up her older brother Edison at her local Iowa […]
Ilan Mochari, author of Zinsky the Obscure, on tour July 2013
About Zinsky the Obscure • Paperback: 358 pages • Publisher: Fomite (April 15, 2013) Thirty-year-old Manhattan bachelor Ariel Zinsky is still recovering from his abusive childhood when he realizes no one — including his few living relatives — is truly interested in his narrative. While they numb themselves with the latest celebrity rehab story or the third-world atrocities replayed […]
Kim Foster, author of A Beautiful Heist, on tour June 2013
About A Beautiful Heist (Agency of Burglary & Theft) File Size: 547 KB Print Length: 289 pages Publisher: eKensington (June 6, 2013) Everyone has a talent. Some are just more legal than others. Cat Montgomery steals jewels for AB&T, the premier agency for thieves in Seattle. Career perks: good pay, great disguises, constant adrenaline rush. Drawbacks: the possibility […]
Elizabeth L. Silver, author of The Execution of Noa P. Singleton, on tour June/July 2013
About The Execution of Noa P. Singleton Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Crown (June 11, 2013) THE EXECUTION OF NOA P. SINGLETON: A Novel by astounding new voice Elizabeth L. Silver is a clever, gripping and psychologically astute debut novel about a young woman on death row, what she did to get there, and why she may never share […]
Allison Lynn, author of The Exiles, on tour July 2013
About The Exiles Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Little A / New Harvest (July 2, 2013) Nate, a mid-level investment banker on Wall Street, and his longtime girlfriend Emily can no longer afford their cramped apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Tired of trying to keep up with their jet-set friends, they jump at a job offer for […]
Sam Halpern, author of A Far Piece to Canaan, on tour May/June 2013
About A Far Piece to Canaan • Paperback: 400 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (May 28, 2013) Celebrated retired professor Samuel Zelinsky reluctantly leaves New Hampshire after his wife’s death to visit a farm in the Kentucky hills where he lived as a child. The son of sharecroppers, Samuel has long since left that life behind—yet now […]
Katherine Webb, author of A Half Forgotten Song, on tour May/June 2013
About A Half Forgotten Song • Paperback: 496 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (May 28, 2013) A spellbinding tale about the power of love, the danger of obsession, and the unfaithful nature of memory, A Half Forgotten Song is by turns haunting, joyous, and heartbreaking 1937. In a windswept village on the Dorset coast, fourteen-year-old Mitzy Hatcher […]
Jessica Anya Blau, author of The Wonder Bread Summer, on tour May/June 2013
About The Wonder Bread Summer • Paperback: 288 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (May 28, 2013) It’s 1983 in Berkeley, California. Twenty-year-old Allie Dodgson is a straitlaced college student working part-time at a dress shop to make ends meet. But when the shop turns out to be a front for a dangerous drug-dealing business, Allie finds herself […]
Julie Thomas, author of The Keeper of Secrets, on tour May/June 2013
About The Keeper of Secrets • Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (May 28, 2013) A priceless violin. A family torn apart. A decision that could change everything. Berlin, 1939. Fourteen-year-old Simon Horowitz is awash in a world of music. His family owns a superb collection of instruments and at its heart is his father’s […]
Lori Carson, author of The Original 1982, on tour May/June 2013
About The Original 1982 • Paperback: 240 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (May 28, 2013) It’s 1982, and Lisa is twenty-four years old, a waitress, an aspiring singer-songwriter, and the girlfriend to a famous musician. That year, she makes a decision, almost without thinking about it. But what would have happened if she had chosen […]