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VERY RECENT HISTORY by Choire Sicha

Choire Sicha’s VERY RECENT HISTORY was reviewed in The Millions, which called it “a beautifully written and carefully documented (and often very funny) book about a group of people that, to our society’s collective detriment, continues to be largely ignored, dismissed, and stereotyped.” Sicha was also interviewed in Salon, Slate, Mother Jones, The Verge, and Pacific Standard. HarperCollins published the book on August 6, 2013.

NO ONE IS HERE EXCEPT ALL OF US by Ramona Ausubel

Ramona Ausubel’s NO ONE HERE EXCEPT ALL OF US won the 2013 PEN Center USA Literary Award for Fiction. Ausubel’s second book and first short story collection, A GUIDE TO BEING BORN, was published by Riverhead on May 2, 2013.

THE MINIATURE WIFE AND OTHER STORIES by Manuel Gonzales

Manuel Gonzales’ THE MINIATURE WIFE was named one of the Best Books of 2013 So Far by Esquire, which said, “It's easy to compare Manuel Gonzales to George Saunders, but it would be just as easy to compare him to Borges or Márquez or Aimee Bender…He makes the extraordinary ordinary, and his playfulness is infectious.” Riverhead published the book on January 10, 2013.

IT’S ALL GOOD by Gwyneth Paltrow

IT’S ALL GOOD, Gwyneth Paltrow’s collection of ‘Delicious, Easy Recipes That Will Make You Look Good and Feel Great’ celebrates twenty weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list. Grand Central Life & Style published the hardcover April 2, 2013.

JOHNNY CASH: The Life  by Robert Hilburn

Robert Hilburn’s biography of JOHNNY CASH was named one of the most anticipated books for the fall by New York magazine and the Seattle Times. Little, Brown will publish the book October 29, 2013.

MY EDUCATION by Susan Choi

Flavorwire recently named MY EDUCATION as a “Favorite Cultural Thing of the Week.” Judy Berman, the editor-in-chief of Flavorwire, said that MY EDUCATION: “sucked me in immediately” and that “Choi begins with a familiar setup: a precocious new grad student at a prestigious university (that is obviously Cornell) becomes infatuated with a superhumanly handsome professor notorious for his sexual exploits with students. You think you know where it’s going from there, but you don’t.” Viking published MY EDUCATION on July 3, 2013.

LOSS OF INNOCENCE by Richard North Patterson

LOSS OF INNOCENCE received a positive review in the August 2013 issue of Booklist. The review called LOSS OF INNOCENCE “an appealing family drama set against the backdrop of a radically tumultuous and influential time.” Quercus will publish the book in the U.S. on October 1, 2013.

VERY RECENT HISTORY by Choire Sicha

Choire Sicha’s VERY RECENT HISTORY: AN ENTIRELY FACTUAL ACCOUNT OF A YEAR (c. AD 2009) IN A LARGE CITY was reviewed by the Atlantic, the New York Observer, and Flavorwire, which also named it a “Staff Pick Favorite Cultural Thing of the Week” and published “25 Essential Works of LGBT Nonfiction" Inspired by the book, saying, “Very Recent History follows a long tradition of providing a window into a very specific and often underrepresented community.”

WILSON by A. Scott Berg

A. Scott Berg’s WILSON was selected as one of USA Today’s 30 “Coolest Books” for the Fall. Putnam will publish the book September 10, 2013.

April Bloomfield

April Bloomfield was interviewed on CBS This Morning about what drives top chefs. Her book “A Girl and her Pig” was published by HarperCollins on May 22, 2012.