I’m an Accountant
I'm between books now and playing around with TikTok which turns out to be a wonderful playground, reminiscent of Vine which I loved, but with sounds. Here's some footage I
The Latecomers in paperback July 16!
Have you been waiting for The Latecomers to come out in a more portable, book-club-friendlier version? Pre-order the paperback here to reserve your copy and make sure you get it
new ways to tell stories
As some of you know, I’ve long been interested in using technology to tell stories. In 2008, I brought some of the characters from AMC’s drama Mad Men (created by
a sad anniversary
Today is the 107th anniversary of the 1911 fire at the Shirtwaist Factory in New York. 146 garment workers died because the owners locked doors to stairwells and exits to
ARCs are in!
Advanced Readers Copies are manuscripts bound with the cover image. An ARC is the first version of the novel--before it's copyedited, designed and produced. THE LATECOMERS isn't due out until
meeting the team at Little, Brown
When I published my first book, I was surprised to learn that making a book involved so much more than writing it. Of course, writing a book isn't nothing--no book
Hawthornden
Greetings from Scotland where I'm finishing THE LATECOMERS in a 15th century castle--there isn't any place more conducive to finishing a novel set in yesteryear. I'm here with four other
when a book reviewer is a serial skewerer
Here is the review by William Logan in the (aptly named) Tourniquet Review that accuses Jill Bialosky of plagiarism in her new memoir Poetry Will Save Your Life. I don't
maternity corsets
The new novel I'm working on (Hollingworth) is set in an ancestral house in Connecticut where a crime that took place in the 1920s comes to light when something is
in which I speak up for students speaking out
Thanks to the Lakeville Journal for publishing my essay on free speech and college campuses as an op-ed this week. To read it, click here or squint hard at the