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Grab some leftover Halloween candy and listen in as Jonathan Rosen and I discuss his hilarious and only slightly scary middle-grade novels, Night of the Living Cuddle Bunnies and From Sunset Till Sunrise.
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I can’t think of a better way to spend a winter’s eve than hiding under the covers with Little Comfort and a bottle of scotch. (If you like Hitchcockian suspense, you won’t be disappointed.) Chatting with fellow Writer’s Bone podcast host Daniel Ford and suspense author Edwin Hill about his mystery novel came pretty close.
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Southernmost, a novel by Silas House, explores religion, spirituality, law, morality, and where holiness can be found. The answer is often in nature, and House describes it with achingly beautiful imagery. Read my full rec for Southernmost and for Abigail DeWitt’s News of Our Loved Ones, which I simply adored, as well as all my Writer’s Bone colleagues’ recs for November!
Read all our recs: 19 Books That Should Be on Your Radar: November 2018
News of Our Loved Ones is a beautifully written novel that takes place mainly during World War II and is told through the voices of different members of a French family. DeWitt is interested in poetry, and this comes across in her efficient, lyrical prose. In our interview, DeWitt discusses craft as well as her family history, which inspired the book.
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The Parting Gift is an erotic tale of lust, jealousy, and revenge set on a spice farm in Israel. Fallenberg has great control over language and over his unnamed narrator, who writes the story in letter-form. In our interview, we discuss unreliable narrators, craft, and Fallenberg’s work as a Hebrew translator.
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Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend was pitched to me by a bookseller as “a girl Harry Potter.” This comparison, as you may well know, is taboo in publishing. Except . . . when it just might be true. Read my full rec for Townsend’s novel, The Parting Gift by Evan Fallenberg, and all our Writer’s Bone recs for the month!
Read all our recs: 17 Books That Should Be on Your Radar: October 2018
Julianna N. Wilson is an award-winning audio book producer and a dear friend. We talk publishing careers, audio books, and her passion project, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This powerful collection of stories about strong women and girls throughout history was written by Elana Favilli and Francesca Cavallo, and the audio book is read by the likes of Alicia Keys, Ashley Judd, and more.
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I love seeing what my Writer’s Bone colleagues are reading! Check out September’s “Books That Should Be on Your Radar,” including mine for Tommy Orange’s stunning debut, There There, and Bitter and Sweet by Sandra V. Feder, plus an Author’s Corner from the hilarious Debbie Reed Fischer, author of This is Not the Abby Show!
Read all our recs: 18 Books That Should Be on Your Radar: September 2018
There There, Tommy Orange’s stunning debut novel—beautifully written, skillfully rendered, and important—should be required reading for every American. Listen in as Dave Pezza, Daniel Ford, and I discuss the book on the NovelClass podcast.
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Bitter and Sweet by Sandra V. Feder teaches us that, if we want to find the sweet in life, we have to add it ourselves. I had such fun speaking with Feder about her picture book during our interview.
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