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LOVE AND DEATH IN THE SUNSHINE STATE: THE STORY OF A CRIME by Cutter Wood
May 11, 2018

“Wood’s mixture of fact and art yields a tale both gritty and introspective,” writes John Reinan of Cutter Wood’s debut LOVE AND DEATH IN THE SUNSHINE STATE for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Algonquin published the book on April 17, 2018.

SHOOT FIRST by Stuart Woods
May 4, 2018

The latest Stone Barrington book made its debut on the New York Times Bestseller list for the week of April 29, 2018. The book debuted at number 2 on the Combined Print & E-book Hardcover & number 5 on the Hardcover Fiction List. G.P. Putnam & Sons published the book on April 10, 2018.

THE BOOK OF ESSIE by Meghan MacLean Weir
May 4, 2018

THE BOOK OF ESSIE is an IndieNext pick for the month of June. Liv Stratman, of Books Are Magic, said of the novel, “I couldn’t stop turning the pages to see what would happen to Essie and Roarke, the boy Essie’s mother has decided she will marry in a primetime, live-televised wedding. Weir proves herself to be a brilliant new talent with a sensitive but unflinching take on child exploitation and life in the public eye. A must-read!” Knopf will publish the book June 12, 2018.

STRAY CITY by Chelsey Johnson
April 27, 2018

Chelsey Johnson’s STRAY CITY is New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, where they lauded it as an “engrossing debut novel explores a young, single, lesbian mother’s path to self-discovery and self-acceptance.” Custom House published the book on March 20, 2018.

MEDITATION FOR FIDGETY SKEPTICS By Dan Harris and Jeff Warren with Carlye Adler
April 27, 2018

This is a book that, with irony and insight, dismantles the reasons you’re not meditating—and provides a range of meditation practices that meet you where you are in life. Now into the sixth printing!

LOVE AND DEATH IN THE SUNSHINE STATE: THE STORY OF A CRIME by Cutter Wood
April 27, 2018

Salon held an interview this week with Cutter Wood, “A murder mystery and an author’s dark obsession in ‘Love and Death In the Sunshine State.” The Paris Review Daily also featured Cutter Wood’s essay “The Difficulty in Writing About Murder” this week. Algonquin published his debut book, LOVE AND DEATH IN THE SUNSHINE STATE: THE STORY OF A CRIME, on April 17, 2018.

 MISS EX-YUGOSLAVIA by Sofija Stefanovic
April 20, 2018

Sofija Stefanovic’s memoir MISS EX-YUGOSLAVIA is one of Bustle’s Best 16 Nonfiction Books Coming Out in April 2018. An excerpt was published in Lit Hub on her publication day. Atria published MISS EX-YUGOSLAVIA on April 17, 2018.

STRAY CITY by Chelsey Johnson
April 20, 2018

Chelsey Johnson was interviewed by Carter Sickels for Lambda Literary last week, who called the book “Brilliant… STRAY CITY is a hilarious, smart, and complicated novel about queer identity and community and self-discovery.” Custom House published the book on March 20, 2018.

WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED ON MARS by Cecil Castelluci
April 16, 2018

The Hollywood Reporter announced that John Krasinski’s follow-up to the hit horror film, A QUIET PLACE will be an adaptation of Cecil Castelluci’s short story “We Have Always Lived on Mars.” Tor Books released the story as an e-book on April 30, 2013.

ACCIDENTAL HEROES by Danielle Steel
April 16, 2018

The latest novel from Danielle Steel debuted at #1 on both the New York Times Combined Print & E-book Fiction & Hardcover Fiction bestseller lists for the week of April 8th. Delacorte Press published the book on March 20, 2018.