THE SWANK HOTEL by Lucy Corin was featured on Lit Hub’s “Most Anticipated Books of 2021, Part Two.” They write: “At long last, a new book from Lucy Corin, whose writing never fails to be uncanny and diamond sharp and deeply moving when you least expect it. Graywolf describes this novel, which is set during the 2008 financial crisis, as an ‘acrobatic, unforgettable, surreal, and unexpectedly comic novel that interrogates the illusory dream of stability that pervaded early twenty-first-century America.’ Yep, sounds like Corin, and I can’t wait to get my hands on it.” Graywolf Press will publish the novel on October 5, 2021.

YES, DADDY by Jonathan Parks-Ramage was featured on Strand Book Store's “30 to Watch” list of “the most exciting authors [they’re] keeping [their] eyes on.” Mariner Books published the novel on May 18, 2021.

THE PROPHETS by Robert Jones Jr. was featured on Strand Book Store's “30 to Watch” list of “the most exciting authors [they’re] keeping [their] eyes on.” G.P. Putnam’s Sons published the novel on January 5, 2021.

SECOND THOUGHTS author Lynn Berger joined the No Guilt Mom podcast to discuss with hosts JoAnn and Brie “their own experiences both as children with siblings and with their own children and the guilt that we face trying to give each child what feels like is never enough time.” Henry Holt and Co. published SECOND THOUGHTS on April 20, 2021.

BookPage praises TOGETHER WE WILL GO by J. Michael Straczynski, calling it “a 21st-century epistolary novel” with a “late plot twist [that] is satisfying, intensifying the characters’ bonds.” Gallery/Scout Press published the book on July 6, 2021.

Kirkus Reviews lauded FLIGHT 149 by Stephen Davis. They write: “[A] thorough and well-paced exposé...A skillfully reconstructed account of a hostage crisis and the bungling that caused it.” PublicAffairs will publish the book on September 7, 2021.

Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts chose LONG DIVISION by Kiese Laymon as his summer reading “bookshelf” pick for Politico. He writes: “The cover is vibrant and funky, and the sentences match the book’s beauty." Scribner published the novel on June 1, 2021.

Stacey Abrams, voting rights activist and former Georgia state representative, chose THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV by Dawnie Walton as her summer reading “bookshelf” pick for Politico. She writes: "The fictionalized 'true story' of a defunct rock band as told to a rising reporter sounds riveting. Walton’s story tackles complicated issues of race and success using music as its crucible—and the fractious 1970s as a galvanizing point." 37 Ink published the novel on March 30, 2021.

THE ONES WHO DON'T SAY THEY LOVE YOU by Maurice Carlos Ruffin was featured on Lit Hub’s “Most Anticipated Books of 2021, Part Two.” They write: “Maurice Carlos Ruffin follows up on his darkly provocative, critically acclaimed debut novel, WE CAST A SHADOW, with this collection of stories set in and around his native New Orleans. The characters in Ruffin’s stories struggle, in their various ways, to navigate the depths of a great American city too often mythologized for its flamboyant surfaces.” One World will publish the book on August 17, 2021.

Variety reported that MGM’s Orion Television has acquired the rights to Max Barry’s new novel, THE 22 MURDERS OF MADISON MAY. The book will be adapted by THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT showrunners and executive producers Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin. The book was also featured on the Chicago Tribune’s list of “The Biblioracle’s Best Books of 2021 So Far,” where John Warner praises: “A page-turner that also holds up in terms of its metaphysical conceit…[and] kept me up well past my bedtime.” G.P. Putnam’s Sons will publish the book on July 6, 2021.