SPARTA by Roxana Robinson is a Chicago Tribune “Editor’s Choice” book: “Robinson has transformed the coming home experience into an emotionally resonant novel that stabs readers in the heart, even as they marvel at its beautiful language and rhythm.” Sarah Crichton Books (FSG) published the book June 4, 2013.

Charlie Smith’s MEN IN MIAMI HOTELS was reviewed in the Miami Herald and the L Magazine and was named a Best Book of the Month by Amazon in the literature and fiction category. The Miami Herald called it “peerless,” noting that, “In Smith’s masterfully lyrical prose, what could have been a simple pulpy adventure becomes a rewarding, and even challenging, examination of time, fate and fatalism that recalls the best of work Denis Johnson or Robert Stone.”

Susan Choi will be reading from her newly published novel MY EDUCATION at Powerhouse Arena on July 17 at 7pm at 37 Main Street in Brooklyn. In addition, MY EDUCATION was recently reviewed by Meg Wolitzer for NPR, who raves that “The writing in this novel is masterful—but the book did something to me emotionally, too…It was the excitement of reading a writer whose work reminds you –actually educates you—about the power of a really good novel.”

Adam Rutherford’s CREATION was reviewed on the front page of the Wall Street Journal’s Books section, calling him an “expert storyteller” and saying, “Mr. Rutherford takes an informed stand against the unthinking opponents of genetic engineering…His arguments are clear and compelling but not easily summarized in abbreviated form.” Penguin published the book on June 13, 2013.

Stephen Marche, author of the forthcoming THE HUNGER OF THE WOLF, published "Home Economics: The Link Between Work-Life Balance and Income Equality," in the July/August issue of The Atlantic. THE HUNGER OF THE WOLF will be published by Simon & Schuster in 2014.

Ramona Ausubel is the winner of the 2013 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award for her novel NO ONE IS HERE EXCEPT ALL OF US. Since 2002, the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award has honored an outstanding first novel published in the preceding calendar year. This year’s judges were authors Justin Torres and Samantha Dunn and radio host Liz Humes. Riverhead published the book on February 2, 2012.

Entertainment Weekly names MIDDLESEX by Jeffrey Eugenides, THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES by Tom Wolfe, and CLOCKERS by Richard Price in its list of the 100 All-Time Greatest Novels. MIDDLESEX was published by FSG in 2002; THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES was published by FSG in 1990; and CLOCKERS was published by Houghton Mifflin in 1992.

Publishers Weekly praised Danielle Steel’s WINNERS, saying, “Steel skillfully weaves the strands of the Matthews and Thomas families together in a layered story about loneliness and companionship...” Delacorte Press will publish the book on October 29, 2013.

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

Booklist says, “Steel is one of the world’s most popular authors, and this poignant romance is sure to thrill her many loyal fans and reach many new readers, too.” Delacorte Press will publish the book on July 16, 2013.