Kristin Fritz

About Kristin Fritz

Kristin Fritz is an editor living in New York City. Most days she can be found out for a run, in downward dog, or at her desk at Random House.

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April 22, 2013

Still Hazy After All These Years: Renata Adler’s Speedboat

The episodic narrative is not easy to pull off. But back in the mid-1970s, author Renata Adler managed to make it work -- and following the reissue of her groundbreaking novel, readers have another chance to understand how.

April 4, 2013

4 Lessons in Escape: Traps, by MacKenzie Bezos

At the core of the definition of the word 'trap' is the idea that something is inescapable. Mackenzie Bezos’ new novel, Traps, plays off of this idea as she presents four women, all trapped in their own ways, each living her life as though there is no way out.

March 5, 2013

Talking Scientology: A Q&A with Going Clear Author Lawrence Wright

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright joined Everyday eBook for a fascinating conversation about scientology -- from the motivation of the church's beginnings to its future and more.

February 25, 2013

Getting to Know Your ABZzzzz’s: David K. Randall’s Dreamland

Everyone does it, but not everyone talks about it. Some do it alone, some with another person. People do it all different ways. But how often does one peek into the science behind the action? Or, rather, the science under the sheets?

February 15, 2013

Join Us for The Dinner by Herman Koch

What if your only child, your pride and joy, did something truly despicable? What lengths, if any, would you go to in order to protect him?

February 11, 2013

On the Anniversary of a Poet’s Death: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

February 11, 2013, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the death of poet Sylvia Plath, truly an American master. To know Plath is to understand her, and with her unabridged journals, you can find your way into her dark mind.

February 9, 2013

Behind Seattle’s Sparkle: Truth Like the Sun, Jim Lynch

A world’s fair, a hopeful politician, dirty money, JFK, a new-on-the-beat gutsy reporter. Jim Lynch’s Truth Like the Sun has all of the pieces of a really fantastic puzzle. It’s a good thing he also has the talent to put it all together for us.

February 1, 2013

Heaven Tourism: Your Ticket to 5 Tours of a Lifetime

In this information age, this society of striving to know everything there is to know about everything, many have offered their own ideas – and experiences – on the topic of heaven. Here are a few options if you're in the market for a tour guide.

January 24, 2013

At Home in Different Worlds: Sophia Al-Maria’s The Girl Who Fell to Earth

There are few cultures more extrinsically opposite in nature than those belonging to Americans and Arabs. Sophia Al-Maria knows this firsthand, as her formative years were spent making the leap back and forth between the two.

January 16, 2013

The Aviator’s Wife: A Brand-New View of Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Aside from a few key points on the Charles Lindbergh timeline, what more do we really know about his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and the marriage she shared with a legend? Melanie Benjamin has taken the time to explore that very question in her new novel.

January 10, 2013

On the Heart of Story: A Q&A with George Saunders, Author of Tenth of December

It’s no wonder the New York Times Sunday Magazine called George Saunders’ latest story collection 'the best book you’ll read this year.' Everyday eBook was able to catch up with Saunders just as Tenth of December became available to readers to ask his thoughts on inspiration, theme, and writing.

December 31, 2012

6 Great Tales of Big Parties and (Not Always) Shiny Things

What better time than New Years Eve to reminisce about a few of our favorite books about partying people and decadence of the most vice-like kind?

December 24, 2012

The Fine Art of Ekphrasis: Emma Donoghue’s Astray

There’s a term in poetry called 'exphrasis,' which is defined as a 'rhetorical device in which one medium of art tries to relate to another medium by defining and describing its essence and form.' In Emma Donoghue’s latest, the story collection Astray, she beautifully employs this practice in each of her tales.

December 11, 2012

Not Your Mother’s Vegas: Beth Raymer’s Lay the Favorite

Beth Raymer doesn't have a plan. But who needs one when you've got a certain sassy sense of moxie? Raymer's exciting and insightful memoir of making a living in the world of sports betting is everything you'd expect it to be and more.

December 3, 2012

The Beauty of Mortality: On Christopher Hitchens’ Dying Words

People have strong feelings about some of our lifetime’s greatest minds, but some are just not up for debate. Add to this group Christopher Hitchens, whose own brilliance remained evident even through his dying days, as he wrote his last work, Mortality.

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