Jean Stein's WEST OF EDEN In Bookstores Tuesday February 9th

Jean Stein's new book WEST OF EDEN: AN AMERICAN PLACE hits shelves today. Already rising on Amazon's Best Seller list, WEST OF EDEN has been touted as "One of the best books ever written about Hollywood" (Gaby Wood, the Telegraph) 

WEST OF EDEN is a vivid, addictive oral history of Hollywood and Los Angelese, capturing a mythic cast of characters: their triumphs and ambitions, as well as their desolation and grief. Jean Stein weaves together the personal recollections of an array of individuals to create and astonishing tapestry of a place like no other. 

"Now Stein delivers a calm Götterdämmerung that can be read as the fearsome annals of a haunted Hollywood, as well as an adroit response to John Steinbeck’s East of Eden (1952), earlier proof of California’s soft spot for fallen angels." - The New Statesman, David Thompson

 

Read the review in the LA Times here

FATES AND FURIES and EILEEN both finalists for National Book Critics Circle Award

We are delighted to announce that Lauren Groff's FATES AND FURIES and Ottessa Moshfegh's EILEEN have both been named finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. The winner will be announced on March 17. We are absolutely ecstatic to see these amazing novels recognized by such a prestigious award. We want to wish a heartfelt congratulations and good luck to both Ottessa and Lauren. 

You can read more about FATES AND FURIES, EILEEN and the other finalists here.

David Levithan receives the 2016 Margaret Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement in Writing for Young Adults

We're absolutely thrilled to announce that David Levithan has been awarded the prestigious Margaret Edwards award by the American Library Association recognizing his significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature. Previous Margaret Edwards award recipients include Terry Pratchet, Susan Cooper, Marcus Zusak and Jacqueline Woodson. 

For more on the 2016 American Library Association Youth Media Awards, click here.

Akhil Sharma's FAMILY LIFE is short-listed for the 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

We're delighted to announce that Akhil Sharma's novel FAMILY LIFE has been short-listed for the 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. Previous recipients of the prize include Cyrus Mistry, Jeet Thayil, and Jhumpa Lahiri.

This year's winner will be announced at the Galle Literary Festival in Sri Lanka on January 16, 2016. For the full short-list, and more information about the prize, click here.

Lauren Groff's FATES AND FURIES is Amazon's Best Book of 2015

Amazon book editors have announced their selections for the Best Books of 2015, and we're thrilled to share that Lauren Groff's FATES AND FURIES is their #1 book of the year, in all categories.

From Sara Nelson, Editorial Director of Books and Kindle at Amazon.com: "Groff's language is electric and her ingenious plotting is fascinating and unlike anything I've read in years. Our editors adored it."

See the rest of the list here.