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Book-of-the-Week Winners: <em>The Death of Fidel Pérez</em>

Book-of-the-Week Winners: The Death of Fidel Pérez

Our most recent feature was Elizabeth Huergo’s debut novel The Death of Fidel Pérez, and we’re pleased to announce the winners:

Writer Chick (@writerchick17)
Leslie C. Ferdinand (@ferdinandleslie)
Brenna Gomez (@BrennaGo)

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Book of the Week: <em>The Death of Fidel Pérez</em>, by Elizabeth Huergo

Book of the Week: The Death of Fidel Pérez, by Elizabeth Huergo

Our newest feature is Elizabeth Huergo’s debut novel, The Death of Fidel Pérez, which was published this month by Unbridled Books. Elizabeth Huergo was born in Havana and immigrated to the United States at an early age as a political refugee. Her work has been published in such places as Diaspora and Potomoc Review, as [...]

The Histories We Tell: An Interview with Elizabeth Huergo

The Histories We Tell: An Interview with Elizabeth Huergo

“When you live in a nation that has been politically destabilized by outside forces, anything is possible. I know what it’s like firsthand for a government to fall, for a system to collapse. If you’ve lived in a society where that has happened, there is nothing ‘magical’ about that ‘realism.’” –Elizabeth Huergo talks with Melissa Scholes-Young about her debut novel, The Death of Fidel Pérez.

<em>Frances and Bernard,</em> by Carlene Bauer

Frances and Bernard, by Carlene Bauer

Flannery + Robert Forever? Ellen Prentiss Campbell on Carlene Bauer’s debut novel, a fantasy epistolary between two literary icons.

<em>A Map of Tulsa,</em> by Benjamin Lytal

A Map of Tulsa, by Benjamin Lytal

J.T. Bushnell reviews Benjamin Lytal’s coming-of-age debut novel, “a vision of youth from the inside.”

Book-of-the-Week Winners: <em>The Office of Mercy</em>

Book-of-the-Week Winners: The Office of Mercy

Our most recent feature was Ariel Djanikian’s debut novel The Office of Mercy, and we’re pleased to announce the winners:

Lito Velasco (@litovelasco)
sharon millar (@ChutneySharon)
Heather Montford (@FaerieKnight)

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winners [at] fictionwritersreview.com
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Book of the Week: <em>The Office of Mercy</em>, by Ariel Djanikian

Book of the Week: The Office of Mercy, by Ariel Djanikian

Our newest feature is Ariel Djanikian’s debut novel The Office of Mercy, which was just published by Viking. Djanikian was born in Philadelphia and attended the University of Pennsylvania. She holds an MFA degree from the University of Michigan and is the recipient of a Fulbright grant. She’s also lived in Madison, Wisconsin, and Irvine, [...]

Everything Counts as Research: An Interview with Ariel Djanikian

Everything Counts as Research: An Interview with Ariel Djanikian

Scientific American: Novelist Ariel Djanikian talks with Celeste Ng about her vision of dystopia in The Office of Mercy.

Book of the Week: <em>18% Gray</em>, by Zachary Karabashliev

Book of the Week: 18% Gray, by Zachary Karabashliev

Our new feature is Zachary Karabashliev’s novel 18% Gray, which was translated by Angela Rodel and just published in the U.S. by Open Letter Books, with support from the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation. Karabashliev is a Bulgarian-born author now living in the U.S. 18% Gray, originally published in Bulgarian in 2008 by Ciela Publishers, is currently [...]

High Stakes: An Interview with Holly Goddard Jones

High Stakes: An Interview with Holly Goddard Jones

Holly Goddard Jones on her new book, The Next Time You See Me, the shift from writing stories to the novel, and the almost unconscious act of drawing details from everyday life to construct fiction.