Gregg Hecimovich’s THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HANNAH CRAFTS is a 2024 American Book Award Winner. The Before Columbus Foundation will formally recognize the winners on October 27 at the SF Jazz Center in San Francisco, CA. Ecco published the book on October 17, 2023.

WILLIAM by Mason Coile is enjoying a very successful release. Margot Harrison wrote a glowing review for The New York Times: “The uncanny aspect of A.I. is front and center in WILLIAM, Mason Coile’s slim, gripping novel about the horror of watching software embrace its will to power…Mouthy and creepy in equal measures, WILLIAM recalls the living ventriloquist dummies in classic chiller films such as MAGIC and DEAD OF NIGHT…[Coile] has crafted a cyber-horror tale that combines cerebrality and carnage, a twist on THE SHINING in which the house is haunted by a ghost in the machine.” People praised WILLIAM in its September 23 print issue: “If you don’t fear rapidly evolving AI technology yet, read this one. Come for the creepily smart robot, stay for the expertly executed horror tropes—and one heck of a twist.” People also published a list curated by Coile of “Terrifying Literary Horror Novels to Sink Your Fangs Into.” Lastly, for the Book Reporter, Ray Palen writes: “The finale is indeed terrifying and so well written that it is easy for Mason Coile to manipulate his readers…WILLIAM reads like a parable for existentialism and artificial life, with more than a few moments that will call to mind FRANKENSTEIN. I really enjoyed this thrill ride of a novel and defy anyone not to finish it in a single sitting.” WILLIAM was published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons on September 10, 2024.

Ahead of its highly anticipated release, THE QUEEN by Nick Cutter has been featured on multiple reading lists, including BookRiot’s “Horror Lovers, Who Else Is Ready for Halloween?,” She Reads’ “Most Anticipated Horror Books of Fall 2024,” and BookRiot’s “Most Anticipated Horror Books of Fall 2024, According to Goodreads.” THE QUEEN will be published by Gallery Books on October 29, 2024.

THE BEST AMERICAN FOOD AND TRAVEL WRITING 2024 received praise from Publishers Weekly: “Sacred places and cuisines both exotic and familiar are explored in this sumptuous anthology of the year’s best essays on food and travel…Readers will devour this.” Mariner Books will publish the book on October 22, 2024.

The New York Times included BROTHERS by Alex Van Halen on its list of most-anticipated nonfiction books for the Fall. Harper will publish the memoir on October 22, 2024.

A FEW WORDS IN DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY by Robert Hilburn was featured on the LA Times' Fall music preview, praised as “passionate and richly reported.” Hachette Books will publish the biography on October 22, 2024.

UPWORTHY – GOOD PEOPLE by Gabriel Reilich and Lucia Knell debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers List for the week of September 22, 2024, appearing at #7 for Print Hardcover Nonfiction and #11 for Combined Print & E-Book. National Geographic published the book on September 3, 2024.

WILLIAM by Mason Coile has received fantastic press in the weeks leading up to its publication. For The Minnesota Star Tribune, Maren Longbella raves: “[M]emorable…The alternating short and shorter chapters keep the action tearing along, rather like cuts in a movie, as the temerity to meddle with existence undoes most of the characters...Is it the absence of something that creates the dissonance or is it the presence of something evil? By the end of WILLIAM you will have the answer. And then you'll want to read it again.” The book was featured on Reader’s Digest’s “61 Best Horror Books to Read in 2024,” Book Riot’s “10 Chilling New Horror Books Out September 2024,” and other must-read round-ups from Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and Gizmodo. G.P. Putnam’s Sons will publish the novel on September 10, 2024.

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A FEW WORDS IN DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY by Robert Hilburn received a fantastic blurb from filmmaker Cameron Crowe, who writes: “It's more than a great read, it's an invitation to re-visit Randy Newman's work with renewed appreciation for the man who uniquely defined the American Experience just when we needed it most." Hachette Books will publish the memoir on October 22, 2024.