Daily Bookmark: Maddie Dawson knows the ultimate fantasy is a fresh start
Waking up to the news you’ve just inherited a valuable piece of real estate from a distant in-law is the stuff of dreams. How about […]
Fiction
Daily Bookmark: In “Good Luck Girls,” #MeToo meets “West World”
Though Brooklyn-based writer Charlotte Nicole Davis set her debut YA novel in a fantasy Wild West empire called Arketta, the story has plenty of resonance […]
Daily Bookmark: “The Plus One” is a modern romance with a high-tech twist
How do you know when you’ve found Mr. Right? Do you look for charm, thick hair and an athletic build? How about fully-customizable modules, long […]
Daily Bookmark: “Love at First Like” is a literary rom-com for the digital age
When Marissa Fuchs posted an elaborate engagement story to her Instagram in June, the lifestyle influencer’s roughly 200,000 followers were swept up in the apparent […]
Daily Bookmark: Lauren Mechling’s “How Could She” reinvents the ‘making-it-in-New York’ genre
It’s a familiar story – stuck at a disappointing dead end in life, a wide-eyed young woman packs her bags and moves to New York […]
Daily Bookmark: Helen Phillips’ “The Need” is a genre-bending thrill ride powered by maternal urgency
For a book about things that go bump in the night, “The Need” is absolutely teeming with twists to both plot and genre. The book’s […]
Daily Bookmark: In “Waking the Witch,’ Pam Grossman conjures a new occult classic
From Salem spinsters in league with the devil, to a 1960s nose-twitching newlywed, witches have a longstanding hold over the American popular imagination. In her […]
Debut Novel Inspired by Author’s Personal Immigration Story
In Melissa Rivero’s urgent, stunning debut, THE AFFAIRS OF THE FALCÓNS: A Novel, the immigrant experience is illustrated in deeply human and strikingly personal detail. Ana […]
Victorian Love Story Goes Beyond the Grave
All love stories are ghost stories in disguise. In Kris Waldherr’s captivating debut novel, The Lost History of Dreams, a post-mortem photographer unearths dark secrets […]
‘The Hazards of Fortune’ Explores Race, American Justice System
Philanthropist and property developer Jay Gladstone would rather not think about issues of race or privilege. He is busy enough managing a rocky second marriage […]
Brooklyn writer pens WWII-era thriller
Best-selling Brooklyn author Susan Elia MacNeal keeps readers guessing with her new novel “The Prisoner in the Castle.” Sometimes a spy can know too much […]
Brooklyn author’s debut novel explores war, forbidden love and motherhood
Crystal Hana Kim’s debut “If You Leave Me” is a sweeping tale of war, family, motherhood and forbidden love — the unforgettable saga of three […]
Brooklyn writer uses Red Hook housing projects as backdrop for new novel
“Tight” by Torrey Maldonado is a fast-paced novel for middle-grade readers, that emphasizes the importance of finding your own identity, choosing friends you can depend […]
Smart, funny ‘A Lady’s Guide to Selling Out’ includes Brooklyn-based chapter
“Brooklyn women wore black T-shirts and scuffed shoes and unwashed hair and somehow looked impossibly chic. I, in contrast, felt like a Carrie impersonator from […]
Brooklyn resident Cutter Wood shakes up true crime genre in new book
“Love and Death in the Sunshine State” has been called “a smart, engrossing true-life noir that weaves meditations on love and the literary life, all […]
Bestselling author to discuss second novel in Brooklyn
From Kim van Alkemade, author of the New York Times bestseller, “Orphan #8,” comes a new and exceptional work of near-history fiction — “Bachelor Girl,” a gripping […]
Brooklyn Scientist Writes Time Bending New Novel
In “The Scribe of Siena,” debut author Melodie Winawer transports readers to medieval Italy, where the past and present collide and a 21st-century woman discovers love […]
Jesse Ball To Discuss New Book In Brooklyn
Award-winning author Jesse Ball, named one of the Best of Young American Novelists in 2017 by the literary magazine Granta, joins Ecco’s list with “Census” an […]
Beloved Novel “The Idiot”–Now in Paperback
When published in hardcover in 2017, Elif Batuman’s debut novel, “The Idiot” dazzled critics and readers alike. Even Greta Gerwig, actress-now- movie director of indie […]
Art Meets Life — and Death — In Brooklyn Author’s Debut Novel
Rachel Lyon has almost always lived in Brooklyn. When she was 2 1/2 years old, she and her parents took up residence in DUMBO. When […]