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Lucy Cooke's book subtitled “Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales From the Wild Side of Wildlife” was named one of the 17 Refreshing Books to Read This Summer by The New York Times. Janet Maslin calls it “a surefire summer winner” and says “Even Cooke’s simple facts are funny.” Basic Books published the book on April 17, 2018.
Yrsa Daley-Ward’s forthcoming memoir THE TERRIBLE is one of Buzzfeed’s 30 Summer Books To Get Excited About. Penguin Books will publish THE TERRIBLE on June 5, 2018.
“Gripping … what Branch focuses on so beautifully is how one remarkable American family navigates the situation of wanting to do dangerous, peculiar and deeply impressive kinds of work.” Said NATHAN DEUEL in the LA Times. Tucker Coombe in the BLOG // LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS wrote THE LAST COWBOYS is, “. . . rich in detail and which consistently rings true. . .
Josh Weil has just been named a Gold Winner in the Fiction category of the California Book Awards for his story collection THE AGE OF PERPETUAL LIGHT! The collection was published by Grove, Atlantic on September 12, 2017.
Ronan Farrow’s book subtitled “THE END OF DIPLOMACY AND THE DECLINE OF AMERICAN INFLUENCE” debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List. The book debuted at number 3 on both the Combined Print & E-book Nonfiction & Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller lists. W.W. Norton published the book on April 25, 2018.
“Packed with chapter after chapter of Benjamin’s easygoing tales of failure and inability to follow through on stated goals, the book’s biggest and most meta joke is its thoroughgoing rejection of the widespread American tradition of a can-do self-help mentality that permeates most memoirs” notes Alex McLevy of AV Club. An excerpt from the book about his failed Children’s show appeared on Vulture. Dutton published the hardcover on May 1, 2018.
Sofija Stefanovic was interviewed for the New York Times Arts section about her debut memoir MISS EX-YUGOSLAVIA. Atria published MISS EX-YUGOSLAVIA on April 17, 2018.
Carola Lovering’s debut novel TELL ME LIES is one of the red hot books of the summer, landing on SheReads, Parade, and PureWow’s must-read summer reading lists. Atria will publish TELL ME LIES on June 12, 2018.
Katie Heaney is interviewed for Yes! Magazine about her most recent memoir WOULD YOU RATHER, about discovering her queer identity in her late 20s. Ballantine published WOULD YOU RATHER on March 6, 2018.
“When it comes to writing songs, no one does it better than Paul Simon. Robert Hilburn's is a wise and winning account of our most nimble, nuanced, and numinous poet-musician,” says Paul Muldoon, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner of Paul Simon’s new biography. Simon & Schuster published the hardcover edition May 8, 2018.