I’ll be discussing NO ONE YOU KNOW tonight at Kepler’s in Menlo Park. 7:30 p.m. Hosted by the wonderful Nancy Salmon!
No One You Know
What’s Borges Got to Do With It?
Jeff VanderMeer recently interviewed me for Omnivoracious, the Amazon editors’ blog. VanderMeer peels back the cover for a look inside No One You Know. Subjects discussed: the influence of Borges and Paul Auster, math as a labyrinth, the joys of coffee and a blank page, the difficulty of getting the cornbread right, and what you can do to get yourself invited to dinner. Read the interview here.
3 Minutes, Speed of Light, & more
I recently talked with Leslie Katz, whose 3 Minute Interview column runs several days a week in the San Francisco Examiner. Read our interview in today’s issue. Subjects discussed: fear of math, love of coffee, themes of loss, and why I can’t stop writing about San Francisco. Plus No One You Know in Hallmark Magazine. And I’ve just heard that Elizabeth Rosner’s terrific novel, The Speed of Light, got a great big green light from actor and director Gillian Anderson in O Magazine. Meg Waite Clayton‘s wonderful second novel, recently out from Ballantine, is already going into a second...
best of the bay
Steven Dinkelspiel’s “note from the president” in the current issue of San Francisco Magazine is about obsession. It’s the Best of the Bay issue, and Dinkelspiel’s obsessions run the gamut from baseball (the Giants) to Sunday brunch (Town’s End), and ice cream (Fenton’s in Oakland, not to mention a great diner in my hood, Bill’s Place). Fortunately, Dinkelspiel is also a little obsessed with books. One of the best things about working at San Francisco is getting to read advance copies of books sent to us by publishers. I’ve discovered some terrific local writers this way, most recently Michelle...
The international bestseller about one woman’s search for a missing child…
"Mesmerizing." ~Library Journal, starred review.
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