Abigail Garner grew up in Alabama, but currently resides in Brooklyn. Although proud of her Southern roots, exploring New York City has recently become one of her favorite pastimes. She especially enjoys grabbing brunch on Saturdays, and then heading to the park to get lost in a good book. During the week she can usually be found learning the ins and outs of the book biz at Random House.
Ever want to escape it all and run away to Paris? Eloise James took one year and did just that. In her new memoir, she shares her rejuvenating and trying experiences in the City of Light.
In 1865 Boston, a murderer whose crimes reflect the torture from scenes in Dante's The Divine Comedy is on the loose. A group of American poets must use their scholarly knowledge of the great writer to understand and track the devilish killer.
Charles Maddox is living by himself with a guilty conscience from a long-held secret, and reeling from the misfortune of being too smart for his own good. But rather than sulking about his fate, Maddox finds a way to use his lot in life to his advantage.
Loretta Lynn is an icon in the world of country music. She makes no apologies for who she is or where she is from. The hit songs that she wrote and recorded are infused with her hard-scrabble upbringing in the mountains of Kentucky during the 1930s and '40s. Upon reading the preface and opening letter of her autobiography, Loretta Lynn: A Coal Miner's Daughter, it is immediately apparent that she is both bigger than life and down-to-earth at the same time.
Meg Wolitzer's The Interestings: A New York Epic
A New Tale from Paulo Coelho: Manuscript Found in Accra
A Modern Classic That Endures: Robert Penn Warren's All the King’s Men
Oceans Eleven Comes to the YA Set: Ally Carter's Perfect Scoundrels
Some Heat Before Summer: Long Simmering Spring by Elisabeth Barrett
Alice Munro
Barbara Kingsolver
George Saunders
Haruki Murakami
Abigail Pollak
Allyson Pearl
Andrew Agudo
Jen Marshall
Joe Muscolino
Rita D. Jacobs
