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Julie Zuckerman on Her Linked Short Story Collection “The Book of Jeremiah”

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/the-book-of-jeremiah-julie-zukerman.jpg With a healthy dose of Jewish tradition, a little Yiddish, and deep, very real characters, author Julie Zuckerman treats us to The Book of Jeremiah (Press 53), a story of a complex life well lived, spanning from the 1930s through the first decade of the 2000s. Through 13 linked stories that…
Jennifer Blankfein
August 12, 2020
Author SpotlightFictionThrillers

ITW Spotlight: Slaughter on Writing Violence and Her Latest, “The Silent Wife”

"Emotionally sophisticated characters work through the brutality of their jobs in this dynamic psychological thriller and police procedural." —Library Journal "An unflinching, deeply empathetic exploration of the stigma surrounding rape and the enduring trauma suffered by its survivors." —Publisher's Weekly “Her talent is the equivalent of Poe or a Hawthorne…
Dawn Ius
August 3, 2020
Author SpotlightFiction

Charlotte McConaghy on Love, Adventure and Survival in “Migrations”

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Migrations.jpg "Written in prose as gorgeous as the crystalline beauty of the Arctic ... deeply moving, haunting and, yes, important." — Caroline Leavitt, author of Pictures of You "An astounding meditation on love, trauma and the cost of survival." — Julia Fine, author of What Should Be Wild I loved the adventure…
Jennifer Blankfein
August 5, 2020
Author SpotlightFictionThrillers

Corey Lynn Fayman’s Inspiration For “Ballast Point Breakdown:” A Mystery of Plot-Twists and Surprises

“A cozy hero living in a noir world.” That’s how Corey Lynn Fayman describes Rolly Waters, a guitar-playing gumshoe and recurring protagonist who breaks the investigator mold in his mystery series and most recent work Ballast Point Breakdown (Konstellation Press). “He doesn’t carry a gun. He’s not physically intimidating. He…
BookTrib
August 5, 2020