Riverhead Books Fall 2013 Insider
Sep 2013 · Penguin
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Riverhead Books is proud to present our Fall 2013 Insider, which gives readers a peek inside the inspiration, or more information about, the titles on our Fall 2013 list.
Included in the Riverhead Books Fall 2013 Insider are:
"Black and White and Red All Over" - an essay by Ivan Doig, author of Sweet Thunder
"Self-Recognition" - an essay by Najla Said, author of Looking for Palestine
"A Changing Landscape" - an essay by Patrick Flanery, author of Fallen Land
"My Faulty Faith" - an essay by David Schickler, author of The Dark Path
"Behind the Scenes of America's Best High School Theater Program" - a note from Michael Sokolove, author of Drama High
"How to Get a Friend to Face a Fear" - a manual by Patty Chang Anker, author of Some Nerve
"Captivity Narratives" - an essay by Daniel Alarcón, author of At Night We Walk in Circles
"A Detail Map of Palau" - a note from Wil S. Hylton, author of Vanished
"The Appeal of the Forbidden" - an essay by Dana Goodyear, author of Anything That Moves
"What is an N-Gram?" - a chart by Erez Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel, authors of Uncharted
Included in the Riverhead Books Fall 2013 Insider are:
"Black and White and Red All Over" - an essay by Ivan Doig, author of Sweet Thunder
"Self-Recognition" - an essay by Najla Said, author of Looking for Palestine
"A Changing Landscape" - an essay by Patrick Flanery, author of Fallen Land
"My Faulty Faith" - an essay by David Schickler, author of The Dark Path
"Behind the Scenes of America's Best High School Theater Program" - a note from Michael Sokolove, author of Drama High
"How to Get a Friend to Face a Fear" - a manual by Patty Chang Anker, author of Some Nerve
"Captivity Narratives" - an essay by Daniel Alarcón, author of At Night We Walk in Circles
"A Detail Map of Palau" - a note from Wil S. Hylton, author of Vanished
"The Appeal of the Forbidden" - an essay by Dana Goodyear, author of Anything That Moves
"What is an N-Gram?" - a chart by Erez Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel, authors of Uncharted
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About the author
Founded in 1994 by Susan Petersen Kennedy, Riverhead Books is now well-established as a publisher of bestselling literary fiction and quality nonfiction. Throughout its history, Riverhead Books has been dedicated to publishing extraordinary, ground-breaking, unique fiction and nonfiction writers. Riverhead's books have won Pulitzer Prizes, National Book Critic Circle Awards, and numerous other distinctions.
Ivan Doig was born in Montana and grew up along the Rocky Mountain Front, the dramatic landscape that has inspired much of his writing. A former ranch hand, newspaperman, and magazine editor, with a PhD in history, Doig was the beloved and award-winning author of thirteen novels and three works of nonfiction, including his classic first book, the memoir This House of Sky. He was a National Book Award finalist and received the Wallace Stegner Award, a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Western Literature Association, and multiple PNBA and MPBA Book Awards, among other honors. He died on April 9, 2015.
David Schickler is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Kissing in Manhattan, as well as the nationally bestselling novel Sweet and Vicious. Schickler is a graduate of the Columbia University MFA program. His stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and Zoetrope. He lives in New York.
Daniel Alarcón is the author of At Night We Walk in Circles, which was a finalist for the 2014 PEN-Faulkner Award, as well as the story collection War by Candlelight and the novel Lost City Radio. His writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Granta, n+1, and Harper's, and in 2010, he was named one of the New Yorker's "20 under 40." He is executive producer of Radio Ambulante, and teaches at the Columbia University School of Journalism in New York.
Wil S. Hylton is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine. His award-winning stories have appeared in many national magazines, including Harper's Magzine, Esquire, GQ, and Rolling Stone. Hylton lives in Baltimore.
Ivan Doig was born in Montana and grew up along the Rocky Mountain Front, the dramatic landscape that has inspired much of his writing. A former ranch hand, newspaperman, and magazine editor, with a PhD in history, Doig was the beloved and award-winning author of thirteen novels and three works of nonfiction, including his classic first book, the memoir This House of Sky. He was a National Book Award finalist and received the Wallace Stegner Award, a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Western Literature Association, and multiple PNBA and MPBA Book Awards, among other honors. He died on April 9, 2015.
David Schickler is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Kissing in Manhattan, as well as the nationally bestselling novel Sweet and Vicious. Schickler is a graduate of the Columbia University MFA program. His stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and Zoetrope. He lives in New York.
Daniel Alarcón is the author of At Night We Walk in Circles, which was a finalist for the 2014 PEN-Faulkner Award, as well as the story collection War by Candlelight and the novel Lost City Radio. His writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Granta, n+1, and Harper's, and in 2010, he was named one of the New Yorker's "20 under 40." He is executive producer of Radio Ambulante, and teaches at the Columbia University School of Journalism in New York.
Wil S. Hylton is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine. His award-winning stories have appeared in many national magazines, including Harper's Magzine, Esquire, GQ, and Rolling Stone. Hylton lives in Baltimore.
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