Tag: biographical fiction
Review: Poison for Breakfast
Poison for Breakfast, Lemony Snicket, Liveright Publishing – Lemony Snicket, best known as a fictional character and narrator of Daniel Handler’s children’s novels, appears as the main character in the extraordinary all-ages, non-fiction “Poison for Breakfast.”
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Inspired by Composer Erik Satie, Horrocks Weaves Historical Fiction
Vexations, Caitlin Horrocks, Little Brown – Caitlin Horrocks, author of The Vexations, had finished her MFA at Arizona State University in 2007 and had been writing short stories for a few years, when she signed up for a summer workshop in 2010.
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Courting Mr. Lincoln Invigorates History
Courting Mr. Lincoln, Louis Bayard, Algonquin Books – From the prizewinning author of Mr Timothy and The Pale Blue Eye comes Courting Mr Lincoln, the page-turning and surprising story of a brilliant and melancholic Abraham Lincoln and the two people who loved him the most . . .
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A Surprising Look at Film Star Hedy Lamarr as Inventor
The Only Woman in the Room, Marie Benedict, Sourcebooks Landmark – It is remarkable how many advances in science and technology made by women, are left out of history.
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Sally Koslow’s Another Side of Paradise: The Fitzgerald-Graham Romance
Another Side of Paradise, Sally Koslow, Harper Collins – Already an experienced writer, having worked as a journalist and editor-in-chief of McCall’s Magazine, Sally Koslow found herself out of a job.
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Tragic Redemptive Debut Novel Captures Journey Through Grief
In Every Moment We are Still Alive, Tom Malmquist, Melville House – Tom and Karin are eagerly anticipating their daughter’s birth when Karin suddenly becomes seriously ill.
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