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DEMON CAMP by Jennifer Percy

Jennifer Percy’s DEMON CAMP was reviewed in Publishers Weekly, which said, “Tropes surrounding veterans in the public discourse mask the reality of warfare, but Percy peels back the gauze, revealing deeply wounded individuals….Her sharp, unadorned writing captures the rawness of the congregants’ lives, the permeability of the borderline between reality and imagination.” Scribner will publish the book on January 14, 2014.

ALL OUR NAMES by Dinaw Mengestu

Dinaw Mengestu’s ALL OUR NAMES received a starred, first-page review in Publishers Weekly and was named the PW Pick of the Week: “Mengestu evokes contrasting landscapes but focuses on his characters..who are all caught in a cycle of connection and disruption, engagement and abandonment, hope and disillusion.” Knopf will publish the book on March 4, 2014.

MY 1980s AND OTHER ESSAYS by Wayne Koestenbaum

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.

Danielle Steel, PURE JOY: THE DOGS WE LOVE

Danielle Steel appeared on Good Morning America on November 12, 2013 to promote her latest non-fiction bestseller PURE JOY: THE DOGS WE LOVE. PURE JOY debuted at number 7 on the Combined Print & E-book New York Times bestseller list for the week of November 17th. Delacorte published the book on October 29, 2013.

Jeffrey Eugenides

Jeffrey Eugendies short story, “Find the Bad Guy” was published in the November 18, 2013 issue of the New Yorker. His latest novel, THE MARRIAGE PLOT, was published by Farrar Straus & Giroux on October 11, 2011.

James Scott, THE KEPT

James Scott’s debut novel received a starred review in Publisher’s Weekly. The review raves that “Scott has produced a work of historical fiction that is both atmospheric and memorable, suffused with dread and suspense right up to the last page.” Harper Collins will publish the book on January 7, 2014.

Victoria Wilson, A LIFE OF BARBARA STANWYCK: Steel-True 1907-1940

Victoria Wilson’s biography of Barbara Stanwyck was reviewed on November 13th in the New York Times. The reviewer Janet Maslin says that "Victoria Wilson’s gargantuan biography of Barbara Stanwyck manages to fill 860 glittering pages of text with only the first half of Stanwyck’s story…And it ends with a cliffhanger, creating eager anticipation for Ms. Wilson’s concluding volume.” Simon & Schuster published the book on November 12, 2013.

Danielle Steel, WINNERS

Danielle Steel’s new novel debuted at number 4 on the New York Times HC bestseller list for November 17, 2013. The book also debuted at number 6 on the Combined Print and E-book bestseller list. Delacorte published the book October 10, 2013.

Robert Hilburn, JOHNNY CASH: THE LIFE

Robert Hilburn’s biography of JOHNNY CASH has received positive reviews from Slate (“the most insightful, entertaining, comprehensive, and well-told Cash
biography to date”), Entertainment Weekly (“assiduously researched and entertaining), the Wall Street Journal (“authoritative and revealing”) and Los Angeles Magazine (“evocative and surprising”).

ONE HUNDRED APOCALYPSES AND OTHER APOCALYPSES by Lucy Corin

Lucy Corin’s ONE HUNDRED APOCALYPSES AND OTHER APOCALYPSES was reviewed in the Los Angeles Review of Books, which said, “The dreamy, fairy-tale qualities and allegorical ambitions of these stories are tempered with sophistication and terror, making One Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses ageless…may be the most titillating short story collection since Wells Tower’s debut.” McSweeney’s published the book on August 13, 2013.