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Authors Appearing at Winter Institute 2014
An "Indies Introduce Debut Authors" Title
After completing his MFA at Chicago’s School of the Art Institute, Jeffrey Brown dedicated himself to creating comics and graphic novels. His inventive, sincere auto-biographical works earned him legions of fans with critically acclaimed titles such as Clumsy,Unlikely, and An Easy Intimacy; humorous works such as Incredible Change-Bots and Sulk; as well as observational books likeCat Getting Out of a Bag and Cats Are Weird. However, when Jeffrey combined his personal style and deep fan knowledge of Star Wars into the New York Times bestsellers Darth Vader and Son and Vader’s Little Princess, his popularity exploded. Always a prolific artist, Jeffrey released A Matter of Life and Star Wars: Jedi Academy soon after. For his next book, he returns to the subject of humor in parenting with Kids Are Weird from Chronicle Books, Spring 2014.
Joelle Charbonneau began telling stories as an opera singer, but these days she finds her voice through writing. She lives near Chicago, Illinois, with her husband and son, and when she isn’t writing, works as an acting and vocal coach. Visit www.joellecharbonneau.com.
Rene Denfeld is an internationally bestselling author, journalist, Mitigation Specialist, and fact Investigator in death penalty cases. She has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Oregonian, and the Philadelphia Inquirer and is a published author of four books including the international bestseller The New Victorians: A Young Woman’s Challenge to the Old Feminist Order, Kill The Body, The Head Will Fall, and All God’s Children: Inside the Dark and Violent World of Street Families.
Anthony Doerr is the author of the story collections Memory Wall and The Shell Collector, the novel About Grace, and the memoir Four Seasons in Rome. He has won numerous prizes both in the US and overseas, including four O. Henry Prizes, three Pushcart Prizes, the Rome Prize, the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award, the National Magazine Award for fiction, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Story Prize.
In May 2014, Scribner will publish All the Light We Cannot See. This stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel follows a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. If you would like an early copy, please email wendy.sheanin@simonandschuster.com.
Justin Go attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he graduated with a BA in history and art history. He also holds an MA in English from University College London. He has lived in Tokyo, Paris, London, New York City, and Berlin. He is currently at work on his second novel.
In The Steady Running of the Hour, coming from Simon & Schuster in May 2014, a young American discovers he may be heir to the unclaimed estate of an English World War I officer, which launches him on a breathless quest across Europe to uncover the elusive truth. Part love story, part historical tour de force, this first novel is utterly compelling, unpredictable, and heartrending. If you would like an early copy, please email wendy.sheanin@simonandschuster.com.
Greg Iles spent most of his youth in Natchez, Mississippi, and graduated from the University of Mississippi. He has written thirteen New York Times bestselling novels, including Spandau Phoenix, Third Degree, True Evil, and Blood Memory. His new trilogy continues the story of Penn Cage, protagonist of The Quiet Game, Turning Angel, and #1 New York Times bestseller The Devil’s Punchbowl. Iles’s novels have been made into films, translated into more than twenty languages, and published in more than thirty-five countries worldwide. Iles is also a member of the legendary lit-rock group “The Rock Bottom Remainders” with Stephen King. He lives in Natchez, Mississippi with his two teenaged children.
Leslie Jamison is the author of a novel, The Gin Closet. Her essays have appeared in the Believer, Harper’s, Oxford American, A Public Space, and Tin House. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Amanda Maciel has worked in book publishing since graduating from Mount Holyoke College and is currently a senior editor at Scholastic. She spends her free time writing, running, or riding the subway with her young son. She lives with him, her husband, and their cat, Ruby, in Brooklyn, New York. Tease is her first novel. If you would like to receive a galley or eBook download of Tease prior to attending Wi9, please contact Kathy Faber at kathleen.faber@harpercollins.
Peter Mountford’s debut novel, A Young Man’s Guide to Late Capitalism, was the winner of the Washington State Book Award and a finalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. NPR selected it for the “Books We Like” series, the Daily Beast picked it as a “great summer read,” and it was also featured in the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Town and Country, Interview, and the Wall Street Journal, among other venues.
Mountford’s work on The Dismal Science has won grants from 4Culture, Seattle’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, and the Elizabeth George Foundation. The Corporation of Yaddo also awarded him its 2010 Wallace Fellowship for a Distinguished Writer. Mountford's short fiction and essays have appeared in the Atlantic, Best New American Voices 2008, Conjunctions,Salon, Granta, ZYZZYVA, and the Boston Review. He is currently a writer-in-residence at the Richard Hugo House and at Seattle Arts and Lectures.
Marie Rutkoski is the author of The Shadow Society and the Kronos Chronicles, which includes The Cabinet of Wonders. She is a professor at Brooklyn College and lives in New York City. Kristin Cashore, the author of Graceling, says about her new book The Winner's Curse, “Every line in The Winner’s Curse is beautifully written. The story is masterfully plotted. The characters’ dilemmas fascinated me and tore at my heart. This book gave me a rare and special reading experience: I never knew what was going to happen next. I loved it. I want more.” Learn more about Marie at marierutkoski.com.