Henry Porter’s THE OLD ENEMY was named a Book of the Month by The Sunday Times. They write: “This novel is at once an up-to-the-minute political novel about an emergent second Cold War, a timeless ripping espionage yarn and a continuation of the lives of characters who become richer with each appearance. It’s an impressive achievement and, as ever with Porter, told in an addictive blend of tangy dialogue and polished prose.” Atlantic Monthly Press will publish the book on June 8, 2021.

Carole Johnstone’s chilling suspense novel MIRRORLAND is a May Indie Next Pick. Pete Mock of McIntyre’s Fine Books in Pittsboro, NC says: “You will tie yourself in knots trying to figure out what’s happening in MIRRORLAND.” Scribner will publish the novel on April 20, 2021.

WHY WE BELIEVE author Agustín Fuentes joined Ben Folds on the first episode of the Lightening Bugs podcast, "Discovering the Evolution of Creativity and Why Monkeys Steal Things." Yale University Press published WHY WE BELIEVE published on September 24, 2019.

THE PROPHETS by Robert Jones Jr. appeared on both the BBC’s and Marie Claire's best-of lists for 2021. The BBC praises: “THE PROPHETS is reminiscent of and inspired by the work of Toni Morrison, its narrative reaching back and forth, as The Guardian writes, ‘wedded to its period but also of our times, exploring the pressing questions that have plagued America since its founding.’” G.P. Putnam’s sons published the book on January 5, 2021.

Dawnie Walton’s THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV is one of Amazon’s picks for best books of the month. NPR praises the book in a rave review, writing: “To say that THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV is a sly simulacrum of a rock oral history is to acknowledge only the most obvious of this novel's achievements. Walton aspires to so much more in this story about music, race and family secrets that spans five decades. And, all the glitzy, quick-change narrative styles don't detract attention from the core emotional power of her story…It's the kind of overwhelming novel that, like a polyphonic double album back in the day, readers might want to experience more than once to let all the notes sink in.” The novel was also praised as “[a] powerful debut novel” by The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Walton sat down with Entertainment Weekly – where she was once an editor – to discuss “the pop culture of her life.” 37 Ink published the book March 30, 2021.

Sharon Stone’s THE BEAUTY OF LIVING TWICE debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list at number 4 in Hardcover Nonfiction and number 3 in Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction, and on the LA Times Bestseller list at number 3 in Hardcover Nonfiction. Publishers Weekly writes that the book’s “mix of moxie and vulnerability conveys a life well lived, and well examined,” while Library Journal praises it as “[a] welcome memoir of finding your way when life doesn’t go according to plan. Stone’s vulnerability and rediscovery will resonate with many readers.” Lastly, New Republic calls Stone “a good storyteller,” noting that “THE BEAUTY OF LIVING TWICE is a book about Sharon Stone’s life, which makes it a book about how women take on multiple personas when they become very famous, then struggle to keep them in order…Stone is a strong portraitist of the instant in time.” Knopf published the book on March 30, 2021.

Gabriela Garcia’s stunning debut novel, OF WOMEN AND SALT, continues to gather great press in the week following its publication. The book debuted at #13 on the Indie Bestsellers List, and hit best-of roundups from Good Housekeeping, Vanity Fair, Fortune, Book Marks, Publishers Lunch, and Business Insider. Garcia hosted an Instagram Live virtual launch event with HUNGER and BAD FEMINIST author Roxane Gay, and the novel was chosen as Amazon’s Featured Debut Editors’ Pick. An excerpt of the book appeared in Ms. Magazine, People offered a glowing review, and Garcia sat down for interviews with Parade, Electric Literature, Interview Magazine, and Richmond Magazine. Flatiron published OF WOMEN AND SALT on March 30, 2020.

Rutger Bregman appeared on 60 Minutes to discuss a real-life LORD OF THE FLIES that served as the cornerstone for HUMANKIND: a 50-year-old story of “a group of schoolboys stranded on a remote and deserted island for more than 15 months.” Bregman told correspondent Holly Williams: “I just couldn't understand how this had not become one of the most famous stories of the 20th Century. I just couldn't understand it, because it's just extraordinary, six kids on an island for 15 months. And they survived, how?...[I]f tens of millions of children around the globe still have to read LORD OF THE FLIES in school today, I think they also deserve to know about this one time in all of world history when real kids shipwrecked on a real island, because that's a very different story.” Little, Brown, and Company published the book on June 2, 2020.

ELECTION MELTDOWN author Richard Hasen appeared on MSNBC with Chris Hayes to discuss Trump’s deceptive fundraising practices. Yale University Press published the book on February 4, 2020.

Matt Bell’s APPLESEED was featured in the Publishers Weekly article “Twice Told Science: Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror in 2021.” They write that the novel “ponders manifest destiny and climate change using the Johnny Appleseed myth as a starting point,” adding: “‘Folktales and fairy tales are foundational stories,’ says Kate Nintzel, executive editor at Custom House. Writers who incorporate them, she explains, can ‘assume a level of understanding with the reader. It gives you space to play with ideas.’” Custom House will publish the book on July 13, 2021.