Rachel Howzell Hall writes gritty, captivating mysteries starring Elouise "Lou" Norton, the only African American, and only Female, LA homicide detective in her detail. An LA native, Rachel decided to write the hero that she felt her hometown needs. Her new release, Skies of Ash (May 2015, Macmillan) delves deep into the darkness of the human heart...
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We have a soft spot for edgy YA fiction. The Tenderness of Thieves is a page- turning mix of psychological thriller and summer love story. Likened to Gone Girl, this story is now, definitely, sitting on our bookshelf. We reached out to the author, Donna Freitas, to learn more about her writing and what rocks...
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When we first heard about The Life and Death of Sophie Stark, we got so excited to feature it that we accidentally selected it twice. In two different genres (Literary Fiction and Mystery). Any book that uses the word 'iconoclastic' in the first sentence of the description sounds like a book that we want on our...
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The life of Elon Musk is nothing short of inspiring. At only 43 years of age, Musk has tackled some of the biggest technological challenges facing humanity including: Electric Cars, Space Flight, and Solar Energy. Ashlee Vance, experienced Silicon Valley historian, recently wrote a biography of Elon which follows Musk's life through a rough childhood in...
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Taylor Antrim has written two novels, The Headmaster Ritual (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) and Immunity (Regan Arts, May 2015). When not penning his own books, Antrim is a senior editor at Vogue. A fresh twist on the dystopian genre, Immunity is set in the New York City of an America ravaged by an Ebola- like pandemic. We were intrigued...
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