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Tag Archives: fiction
Christmas in July . . .
There’s no reason why . . . publishers can’t be planning for the holiday season. Any best-selling author worth her salt seems to have a holiday-themed book headed to shelves before the Thanksgiving turkey is carved. Many of the usual … Continue reading
Nicole Kidman takes on 'Little Bee'
Actress Nicole Kidman has optioned Chris Cleave‘s Little Bee. Kidman will both produce and star in the film, according to Variety. I didn’t catch Little Bee pre-pub, but after reading a few pages in an Oxford bookstore I had to … Continue reading
A sneak peak at the new Niffenegger
Most fans of Audrey Niffenegger’s debut smash The Time Traveler’s Wife know she has a new book coming out this fall. On sale September 29th, Scribner is pitching Her Fearful Symmetry as “a spectacularly compelling ghost story set in and … Continue reading
NAKED . . . with Nick Hornby
Fans of Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity have something to sing about: Juliet, Naked, his new novel (on sale September 29th) will take readers back into familiar territory: the music world. According to USA Today, “[The novel] features a reclusive, Dylan-like, … Continue reading
Fiction for the YouTube generation?
When I arrived at the Books-A-Million offices for a few publisher meetings back in May, I had just missed their meeting with Penguin. As Julia and I walked in, most of the reps were talking about one thing: Level 26: … Continue reading
In case you hadn't heard . . .
The US/UK jackets for Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol were released today. What do you think? Will you be scouring the cover for “clues” to the book’s content, or are you happy to wait until the novel’s release? For those … Continue reading
Clever marketing ploy of the day
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—we get a lot of mail at BookPage! So when something interesting arrives (and that can really mean anything, depending on the day) we take notice. Case and point—this mysterious and intriguing … Continue reading
Angels from demons
From vamps and witches to angels, by way of Jesus. That unusual path maps Anne Rice’s fictional journey. The Vampire Chronicles author will publish Angel Time: Songs of the Seraphim (Knopf) on October 29. In Angel Time, the first in … Continue reading
Undead writer's club
It has been four years since her blockbuster debut, The Historian, but Elizabeth Kostova is rising again on January 21 with a second act, The Swan Thieves. Instead of literature, this time Kostova’s subject is painting—and painters who struggle to … Continue reading
Guest Blog: Mindy Friddle
Today the Book Case welcomes author Mindy Friddle—a Southern writer who’s celebrating the recent release of her second novel, Secret Keepers. guest post by Mindy Friddle One of my favorite parts about writing fiction is taking a familiar setting, tweaking … Continue reading
Mystery writer to watch
Readers are buzzing about the mystery debut from Attica Locke, Black Water Rising. The L.A. Times calls Locke “a writer wise beyond her years,” Sarah Weinman is a fan, and the novel garnered positive pre-pub reviews from Library Journal and … Continue reading
A very nice problem to have
As BookPage’s fiction editor, I get to read (or at least partially read) dozens and dozens of great novels every month. But the hardest part of the job (at least for me) is narrowing all of these great books down … Continue reading
Wild for Dave Eggers
Another book talked up during one of Books-A-Million’s publisher-buyer meetings: The last-minute addition to the McSweeney’s fall list of an adult novel based on Where the Wild Things Are, titled simply, Wild Things (October). The author? Dave Eggers, who adapted … Continue reading
Dreaming of Napa
Congratulations to our own romance columnist Christie Ridgway, who just signed a deal with Berkley to publish a new series of contemporary romance novels. Set in Napa, The Three Kisses trilogy focuses on three single sisters who are fighting to … Continue reading
