I am thrilled to announce that Graywolf has bought the rights to my next book, an as yet untitled story collection to be published next year.
THE REPORT audio book is out! You can find it at the booksellers listed below.
Published by Graywolf Press in September 2010.
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Book Club questions coming soon. I love to visit with book clubs.
This is the cover of the UK edition, to be published by Portobello Books in March 2011.
My debut story collection was published by Counterpoint in the US (2002) and by Chatto & Windus in the UK (2003). The New York Times called it “the rarest of debut collections: grounded but thoughtful, learned without being pretentious . . . . feels like the work of a writer who has a lot more to say.”
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Recent News
February 17, 2012
Two truly wonderful new reviews of The Report, the first at Too Fond of Books and the second at Charlotte Reads Classics. Charlotte says the book makes a “fabulous combination” with Atonement, one of my favorite books!
January 18, 2012
I wrote a guest post for the wonderful literary blog, Beyond the Margins, on the question of writing while parenting.
January 16, 2012
In the UK, THE REPORT was one of ten books named to the Best Reads 2012 list for the TV Book Club. The program about the book will air March 11, 2012 on Channel 4. I’m going to be on the telly!
January 16, 2012
Very happy to announce a new story of mine, “The Essentials of Acceleration,” was named a finalist in the 2012 competition. It will be published in the Spring prize issue of The Missouri Review and is part of the new collection I’m working on for Graywolf, which will be published in 2013.
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