News - Book Launches
News - Book Launches

Matt Parker was on Brian Lehrer to discuss his book THINGS TO MAKE AND DO IN THE FOURTH DIMENSION, and Slate has excerpted the optimal dating algorithms chapter. FSG published the book on December 2, 2014.

Tanya Byron’s THE SKELETON CUPBOARD was reviewed by Kirkus, which called it "absorbing," "lucid" and "compassionate."

Elliot Ackerman was featured in an article in Vanity Fair on veterans from the wars in Iraq who have written fiction about the experience. His article on returning to where he skateboarded as a teen will be published in the Lives column in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. His debut novel, GREEN ON BLUE will be published by Scribner on February 17, 2015.

Library Journal has given a starred review to Girl Underwater by Claire Kells. “Skillfully interspersing flashbacks with current events, debut novelist Kells has written an absorbing tale that will grip anyone who enjoys survival stories or psychological dramas.” Dutton Adult will publish the book on March 31, 2015.

Laura Kipnis’ MEN is in this month’s New York Magazine feature by Boris Kachka, “7 Books You Need to Read This November”. Says Kachka, “The gender-centered essayist and author of Against Love turns her female gaze on the other gender, filing free-flowing musings on Ron Gallela, Tiger Woods, Larry Flynt, and many others under four rubrics: operators, neurotics, sex fiends, and haters.

Jan Ellison’s A SMALL INDISCRETION received a rave review from Kirkus, saying, “Ellison's debut novel is an emotional thriller of the Anita Shreve variety, with revelations that continue and relationships that evolve until the final pages. Ellison keeps the mystery going by switching … in a way that fiendishly answers only one question at a time. Connoisseurs of domestic suspense will finish this book in a few breathless sittings, then wait eagerly for Ellison's next trick.” Random House publishes the book on January 27, 2015.

Alan Cumming’s bold and brave memoir is ranked #14 on the Combined Print & E-book and #15 in Hardcover nonfiction on the New York Times Bestseller List for the week of 11/02/14. Dey St. published the hardcover Oct. 7, 2014.

Called by BOOKLIST, both intriguing and provocative, in THE PERFECT KILL Baer pulls back the curtain to give a glimpse of the underbelly of world politics, and the quiet murderers who operate on the fringe of our society. Blue Rider Press published the hardcover on October 28, 2014.

The 12 year-old twin sisters Lilly & Audrey Andrews appeared on Good Morning LA, Access Hollywood and the Steve Harvey show to promote their cookbook WE LOVE COOKING. Oxmoor House published the book on October 7th, 2014.

Alan Cumming has penned a fascinating story that happens to be true. As Michael Schulman of The New York Times points out, “no celebrity dishing could match the high drama of his family life.” Meanwhile, Joanna Scutte of Biographile explains, “why you should stop what you’re doing and get hold of a copy”. Dey St. published the hardcover Oct. 7, 2014.