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A COLDER WAR by Charles Cumming
July 21, 2014

Library Journal says of Charles Cumming’s book, “This fast-paced thriller is full of twists, turns, and surprises. With well-developed, complex characters and plenty of details about spycraft, it's a perfect summer read for fans of Stella Rimington and John le Carré” St. Martin’s Press publishes the hardcover August 5, 2014.

Dinaw Mengestu
July 21, 2014

Dinaw Mengestu was featured in a front page New York Times article, “A New Wave of Internationalist Writers,” in which he was quoted saying, “There’s this investigation of what happens to the dislocated soul,” said Mr. Mengestu, 36, the author of “All Our Names” and a MacArthur “genius” award winner, who was born in Ethiopia but left at age 2 and grew up in Illinois.”

MEN: NOTES FROM AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION by Laura Kipnis
July 21, 2014

Laura Kipnis’ MEN received a starred, boxed review in Publishers Weekly. “Kipnis’ gifts are on full display in this irresistible collection of essays, in which she weaves together complex and penetrating insights about gender into provocative treatises…Kipnis has given us a necessary, and often witty, book that shows a brilliant, agile mind at work.” Metropolitan Books will publish the book on November 18, 2014.

THE GREAT GLASS SEA by Josh Weil
July 21, 2014

Josh Weil’s THE GREAT GLASS SEA has been longlisted for 2014 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, awarded to the best debut novel of the year by the Center For Fiction. Grove Atlantic published the book on July 2, 2014.

PAINTED HORSES by Malcolm Brooks
July 21, 2014

Shelf Awareness reviews Malcolm Brooks’s forthcoming PAINTED HORSES, describing it as “a paean to the untamed majesty of… Montana, that rings like the neigh of a horse running free in a canyon…. Glowing with spirit, Brooks's debut will entrance anyone who has ever felt the call of the West.” Along with the review is an interview with Malcolm Brooks where he discusses his childhood in Montana and the inspiration for PAINTED HORSES. Grove Press will publish PAINTED HORSES on August 5, 2014.

THE LAND OF STEADY HABITS by Ted Thompson
July 21, 2014

Ted Thompson’s THE LAND OF STEADY HABITS has been longlisted for 2014 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, awarded to the best debut novel of the year by the Center For Fiction. Reagan Arthur Books published the book on March 4, 2015.

NEW YORK 1, TEL AVIV 0 by Shelly Oria
July 21, 2014

Shelly Oria’s NEW YORK 1, TEL AVIV 0 was reviewed in Publishers Weekly, which called it, “inventive … intriguing … meaningful and genuine.” Farrar, Straus & Giroux publishes the book on November 4, 2014.

THE KEPT by James Scott
July 21, 2014

James Scott’s THE KEPT has been longlisted for 2014 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, awarded to the best debut novel of the year by the Center For Fiction. Picador published the book on December 24, 2013.

EDEN IN WINTER by Richard North Patterson
July 14, 2014

A review in the June 1, 2014 issue of Kirkus says “Patterson’s a pro” and calls EDEN IN WINTER “an intriguing psychological examination of a damaged family.” Quercus published the book on July 1, 2014.

Sherri Fink, FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL
July 14, 2014

FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL was one of two finalists for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-Fiction. Crown published the book on September 10, 2013.