The Washington Post named SPARTA one of the 50 notable fiction books of the year saying that “Robinson dramatizes how we fail our veterans without reducing her story to a polemic, expertly deploying emotional insight, moral nuance and intellectual depth..” Sarah Crichton Books published the book June 4, 2013.

The Financial Times named CREATION by Adam Rutherford one of the Best Science Books of 2013. Penguin published the book June 13, 2013.

The Washington Post named THE RIVER OF NO RETURN one of the 50 notable fiction books of the year calling it “an intrigue spanning centuries.” Dutton published the book April 23, 2013.

LEXICON, Max Barry’s fast paced novel about words as weapons has earned spots on the Time Magazine, Kirkus and NPR lists of the best fiction for 2013. Penguin Press published the book June 18, 2013.

Rachel Aviv feature article “Where Is Your Mother?” was recently published in the New Yorker. The article about caseworkers, custody trials, and foster care in the United States Social Services system was published in the December 2, 2013 issue.

Derek B. Miller’s NORWEGIAN BY NIGHT was named one of the Financial Times’ “Best Crime Novels of the Year.” The Financial Times called it “richly written.” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt published the book May 21, 2013.

Rilla Askew’s KIND OF KIN is included in November issue of Library Journal on the list of Cuyahoga County librarians’ favorite books of 2013....dubbed as “morally complex” and “a thoroughly engaging read.” Ecco published the book January 8, 2013.

Ramona Ausubel’s A GUIDE TO BEING BORN is one of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013. Riverhead published the book May 2, 2013.

Carlene Bauer was on NPR’s “On Point” with Tom Ashbrook, discussing Flannery O’Connor’s prayer journal. Bauer’s book FRANCES AND BERNARD was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on February 5, 2013.

Wayne Koestenbaum was interviewed in The American Reader. Koestenbaum’s MY 1980S AND OTHER ESSAYS was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux published on August 13, 2013.