Charles R. Smith Jr. is an acclaimed author, poet, and photographer. He was the recipient of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for his photography in My People, a picture book based on the poem by Langston Hughes. He was the first photographer to win the award. He also won the Coretta Scott King Author Honor for writing Twelve Rounds to Glory: The story of Muhammad Ali. Charles has over twenty-five books to his credit, including If: A Father’s Advice to His Son, based on the poem by Rudyard Kipling, which he did photographs for. A native of Los Angeles, California, Charles now lives with his family in Poughkeepsie, New York. If he’s not working on a project or visiting a school, Charles enjoys martial arts, coaching youth sports, and spending time with his kids.

MAJOR TAYLOR: WORLD CYCLING CHAMPION

Charles R. Smith, Jr.

KJ Dell’Antonia is a novelist and former journalist and editor at to the New York Times, where she covered the personal and policy aspects of family for many years.

She grew up in Texas and Kansas and attended Kansas State University, then spent her twenties locked in a struggle to marry her upbringing with the mysterious ways of Manhattan and East Coast culture and reconcile career choices that included practicing law at Cravath, Swaine and Moore and the New York County District Attorney's office with her childhood desire to be Anne of Green Gables, only with more publishing success. During the first internet boom, she became the worst Vice President of Business Development ever at an otherwise successful start-up.

Her subsequent layoff proved the perfect excuse to finally pursue journalism, and a move to a small town in New Hampshire didn’t stop her from eventually taking over the New York Times’ Motherlode blog. Her first book, How to Be a Happier Parent, developed as a result of her work there, but her heart was always in fiction. Her memories of the two chicken restaurants in the Kansas towns where her parents grew up sparked the creation of Chicken Mimi’s and Chicken Frannie’s, the two restaurants at the center of The Chicken Sisters, and the story grew from there. Her second novel,  In Her Boots, is about the gap between the adults we think we have become, the child our mother will always see and our horrible fear that our mother is right—a story that grew from the complex relationship that every author has with the successful self we portray on the outside and the doubting voices that will always hammer away inside of our heads.

KJ lives in New Hampshire with her husband, four children and assorted horses, chickens, dogs and cats. She is the co-host of the #AmWriting Podcast and is hard at work on her third novel.

“Heart-warming and complicated and uplifting. I couldn’t put it down. Even though I usually prefer books with supernatural goats that eat people.”—Jenny Lawson, author of Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things and Broken (In the Best Possible Way)

“Funny, heartfelt and un-put-downable,In Her Bootsis the perfect read and Rhett/Maggie is the exact heroine we all want to be—Strong, vulnerable and totally relatable. Going home shouldn't be this tough or this entertaining.”—Susan Mallery, author of The Stepsisters

“Witty, charming, and utterly unputdownable,In Her Bootsis the perfect reminder that living life on our own terms might just be what it’s all about. Once again, KJ Dell’ Antonia has knocked it out of the park with a story that will work its way right into readers’ hearts.”—Kristy Woodson Harvey, author of Under the Southern Sky

“What can be better than a book that surprises and delights you on every page and yet at the same time speaks so clearly to the familiar joys—and challenges—of friendship, family, and self-discovery?...You’ll gobble this one up and then push it on your best friend—and she’ll love you for it!”—Kelly Harms, author of The Seven Day Switch

“In Her Bootsis such a charming, funny, original story that I wished it were a blanket I could wrap myself in. Rhett is a unique heroine, the likes of which I haven't come across in contemporary fiction before, and I felt like I was tagging along with a close friend as I went along on her journey. KJ Dell'Antonia is a fabulous writer andIn Her Bootsis expertly plotted and full of the perfect little details that make a book sing.”—Elyssa Friedland, author of Last Summer at the Golden Hotel

“Both peppy and heartfelt,In Her Bootsis a tender page-turning romp about running from both your past and your truth, only to discover that, just like real-life, you can only run for so long before it’s time to turn back home.”—Allison Winn Scotch, author of Cleo Mcdougal Regrets Nothing

“Full of quirky twists and heartfelt humor,In HerBoots is a wildly entertaining page turner about forging your own path and finding your way home again.”—Virginia Kantra, author of Meg & Jo

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK

A January 2021 Country Living Front Porch Book Club Pick

"A charming, hilarious, feel-good story about the kind of bonds & rivalries only sisters can share. Also, a great present for your sister for the holidays!!"—Reese Witherspoon

“The Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell’Antonia is a delightful look at sibling relationships and the unbreakable and bonds of family.”—Real Simple

“The Chicken Sisters is a pitch-perfect book with which to begin the New Year, when the spirit of starting anew and putting aside baggage (no matter how many centuries old it may be!), is exactly what we need. Well, that and a plate of fried chicken, of course.” —Country Living

“If you prefer your family secrets served with a side of fried chicken, we highly recommend The Chicken Sisters…[a] funny, heartfelt book…”—Hello Giggles

“A charming first novel about family, regrets, and second chances. Dell’Antonia deftly deals with issues of mental illness, marriage troubles, and dreams deferred, all the while telling a funny satire of reality TV. An utter delight from start to finish.”—Booklist (starred review)

“Mae and Amanda are spirited characters, and their foibles are told with care and humor. Recommended for Food Network and HGTV watchers, this first novel is plucky, heartwarming, and a welcome distraction from the news of the day.”—Library Journal 

“Be warned: you’ll crave fried chicken throughout.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Dell’Antonia writes convincingly and sympathetically about complicated family relationships, giving Mae and Amanda each relatable flaws. The Food Wars scenes are a fun peek behind the curtain of the reality TV world, and the small-town warmth of Merinac is comfortingly quirky. A charming and satisfying story about family bonds that will make meat eaters everywhere crave fried chicken.”—Kirkus Reviews

"Nobody knows the humor and pathos of complicated family relationships better than K.J. Dell’Antonia, which is why this story about sisters and fried chicken and reality TV is such a satisfying read. It’s like the comfort-food of novels: warm, memorable, and wholly original. I loved it."—Laura Zigman, author of Separation Anxiety


PLAYING THE WITCH CARD

KJ Dell’Antonia

Brad Stulberg researches, writes, and coaches on health, well-being, and sustainable excellence. He regularly contributes to theNew York Times, and his work has been featured in theWall Street JournalandThe Atlantic, among many other publications. He is on the faculty at the University of Michigan’s Graduate School of Public Health. In his coaching practice, he works with executives, entrepreneurs, physicians, and athletes. 

Brad Stulberg

Growing up, Alanna Martin wanted to be an astronaut, a doctor, and an actor – possibly all at once. After nine years of studying psychology, she somehow became a writer instead. This turned out to be the best career choice of all because she can work in her pajamas while drinking wine. She firmly believes in the power of fluffy books, long walks in the woods, and that there’s no such thing as too much coffee.

THIS SPELLS DISASTER

Alanna Martin/Tori Anne Martin

Academy Award–winning actor Matthew McConaughey is a married man, a father of three children, and a loyal son and brother. He considers himself a storyteller by occupation, believes it’s okay to have a beer on the way to the temple, feels better with a day’s sweat on him, and is an aspiring orchestral conductor.

In 2009, Matthew and his wife, Camila, founded the Just Keep Livin Foundation, which helps at-risk high school students make healthier mind, body, and spirit choices. In 2019, McConaughey became a professor of practice at the University of Texas at Austin, as well as Minister of Culture/M.O.C. for the University of Texas and the City of Austin. McConaughey is also brand ambassador for Lincoln Motor Company, an owner of the Major League Soccer club Austin FC, and co-creator of his favorite bourbon on the planet, Wild Turkey Longbranch.

JUST BECAUSE

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey's JUST BECAUSE debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list.

JUST BECAUSE is a #1 New York Times Bestseller

Publishers Weekly gave a starred review to Rebecca Boyle’s OUR MOON (Random House) and said: “An excellent exploration of how the moon has shaped life on Earth…. Boyle’s dexterous blend of science and cultural history is elevated by her spry prose. This illuminates.”

Publishers Weekly Gives OUR MOON a Starred Review

School Library Journal has named Debbie Tung’s EVERYTHING IS OK (Andrews McMeel) as one of “15 Visual Books to Help Students Grapple with Big Feelings.”  

School Library Journal Recognizes EVERYTHING IS OK

Brad Stulberg’s MASTER OF CHANGE (HarperOne) debuted on Publishers Weekly’s Hardcover Frontlist Nonfiction bestseller list at #18.

MASTER OF CHANGE is a Publishers Weekly Bestseller

Brad Stulberg’s MASTER OF CHANGE (HarperOne) debuted on USA Today’s Best-Selling Booklist at #106.

MASTER OF CHANGE is a USA Today Bestseller

Liana De la Rosa's ANA MARÍA AND THE FOX was named one of the Top 10 Romance Novels of 2023 by Booklist. 

Ana María and the Fox on Booklist's Top 10 Romance Novels of 2023

COMPANY has made the American Bookseller Association’s Indie Next List, which tallies support from indie booksellers across the country and promotes the top 20 books from all publishers released each month.

“Members of a big, multigenerational Black family — with branches bohemian and bourgeois — live vibrantly in this debut collection of fiction. Linked together in a glittering chain of language, their stories create a treasured heirloom.”
—James Crossley, Madison Books, Seattle, WA

COMPANY Named an October Indie Next Pick

The Boston Globe interviews Tori Anne Martin on her newly published novel, THIS SPELLS DISASTER.

The Boston Globe interviews Tori Anne Martin

Brad Stulberg’s guest essay, “Stop Resisting Change,” adapted from his new book, MASTER OF CHANGE: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing—Including You (HarperOne), appeared in the New York Times. 

Brad Stulberg in the New York Times

COMPANY Featured in Publishers Weekly's Preview "Big Indie Books of Fall 2023"

"Sanders’ remarkable, aptly titled short-story collection centers around a compelling Black family and the varied company it keeps...The characters throughout are expertly rendered and deeply relatable...Sanders’ stories are unforgettable, making this a strong and promising debut."

COMPANY Receives a Starred Review in Booklist

The New York Public Library's Vibrant Voices book list is created by the Library’s expert staff to amplify and celebrate diverse voices, promote discussion, and expand understanding. Presented by the Center for Educators and Schools. 

FRIZZY on NYPL Vibrant Voices List 2023

On how delusional thinking helped her write her debut novel IN THE LOBBY OF THE DREAM HOTEL

Genevieve Plunkett's essay "Fiction Is a Hallucination, Packaged for Public Consumption" in Electric Literature

Saul Austerlitz’s KIND OF A BIG DEAL (Dutton) is reviewed in the Los Angeles Times: “A wickedly sharp, discursive study of a movie that has cast a long shadow on 21st-century comedy.”

KIND OF A BIG DEAL Reviewed in the Los Angeles Times

Read an excerpt from Saul Austerlitz’s KIND OF A BIG DEAL (Dutton) in Vulture.

KIND OF A BIG DEAL excerpted in Vulture

Read an excerpt from Saul Austerlitz’s KIND OF A BIG DEAL (Dutton) in Vanity Fair. 

KIND OF A BIG DEAL excerpted in Vanity Fair

Melissa L. Sevigny’s BRAVE THE WILD RIVER (W.W. Norton) is featured in the August 28 issue ofThe New Yorker. “[Brave the Wild River] makes the case that Clover and Jotter’s study, conducted shortly after the construction of the Hoover Dam, provides a crucial benchmark in assessing human impact on the environment.”

BRAVE THE WILD RIVER Reviewed in The New Yorker

Alexander Nazaryan reviewed Keith Houston’s EMPIRE OF THE SUM (W.W. Norton) for the New York Times Book Review and said: “[Empire of the Sum] may not be erotica, but it is good writing—and these days the latter is rather more rare.” For the context of that quote, you’ll need to read the full review.

EMPIRE OF THE SUM Reviewed in the New York Times Book Review

"If a beach read is like eating a tasty little snack, reading Dykette was like huffing drugs: noxious and mildly euphoric."

Cosmopolitan Reviews DYKETTE

"[A] biting gay millennial comedy of manners..." 

DYKETTE in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted

The National Council for Social Studies established the Septima P. Clark Book Award for nonfiction trade books that accurately reflect women’s issues, perspectives, and stories (including expansive views of gender identity and expression). Named for educator and civil rights activist Septima Clark, books chosen for this honor must be thoroughly researched, well written, and indicate originality.

BESSIE THE MOTORCYCLE QUEEN Wins 2023 NCSS Septima B. Clark Book Award, Elementary Category

"Plunkett applies a soft touch when rendering minds in turmoil, offering both reader and character relief through the escapes of music, love and small-town landscape."—Wadzanai Mhute, The New York Times Book Review

The New York Times Reviews IN THE LOBBY OF THE DREAM HOTEL

IN THE LOBBY OF THE DREAM HOTEL has made the American Bookseller Association’s Indie Next List, which tallies support from indie booksellers across the country and promotes the top 20 books from all publishers released each month.

"In the Lobby of the Dream Hotel—a place two lovers who can't be together in the real world might meet—is a beautiful meditation on love, madness, motherhood, and art. Plunkett's writing is achingly gorgeous and Portia is a character for the ages”

—Stefanie Kiper, Water Street Bookstore, Exeter, NH

IN THE LOBBY OF THE DREAM HOTEL Named a September Indie Next Pick

“Sanders excels in this masterly debut collection about a Black extended family and their triumphs, problems, and secrets. . . . She also exhibits great care and love for them, describing their slights, heartaches, and misbehavior with exquisite emotional acuity. This is a winner.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

COMPANY Receives a Starred Review in Publishers Weekly

FRIZZY written by Claribel Ortega and illustrated by Rose Bousamra won the 2023 Eisner for Best Publication for Kids (9-12).

FRIZZY Wins an Eisner

Andrew Kolb’s OZ (Andrews McMeel) has been nominated for a 2023 Ennie Award for Best Art, Interior. Voting by the general public is from July 14 through July 23.

OZ Nominated for an Ennie Award

Melissa L. Sevigny’s BRAVE THE WILD RIVER (W.W. Norton) appears at #12 on the Mountains and Plains Indie Bestseller List for the week ending June 25, 2023. 

BRAVE THE WILD RIVER Celebrates Two Weeks as an Indie Bestseller

Library Journal has selected Ralph White’s GETTING OUT OF SAIGON (Simon & Schuster) as a Shining Star, one of the “Best History Books of the Year (So Far).”

GETTING OUT OF SAIGON is a Library Journal Shining Star

Kirkus Reviews has given a starred review to Saul Austerlitz’s KIND OF A BIG DEAL (Dutton), saying: “Austerlitz… assembles an impressive amount of research and reporting about the 2004 movie into an exhaustive, yet fast-paced text about how it was made and why.... This surprising history doesn’t just stay classy; it reveals how remarkably deep the Ferrell comedy really was."

KIND OF A BIG DEAL Receives a Starred Kirkus

"[A] perceptive debut novel . . . An incisive portrait of mental health and the search for autonomy." 

Publishers Weekly Reviews IN THE LOBBY OF THE DREAM HOTEL

"At the center of Sanders’s debut is the Collins family, whose members and acquaintances are the recurring cast of this collection’s 13 stories. In each story, a guest arrives at someone’s home—sometimes invited, sometimes unexpected—and some conflict emerges. It’s a great premise for a collection, as master short-fictioneer Deesha Philyaw can attest: 'Shannon Sanders’s stories simply blew me away.'"

COMPANY named a Most Anticipated Book by The Millions in their 2023 Preview

"Making key points while moving steadily toward the conclusion, the book's rhymed couplets vary in tone from lyrical visions to plainspoken truths. The same tones resonate through Wong’s graceful illustrations, which contrast smoggy, overcrowded cityscapes with peaceful scenes of rivers winding through idyllic landscapes filled with sunlight, warmth, and life. A captivating, persuasive picture book."

A Booklist Starred Review for IF THE RIVERS RUN FREE

PW interviews Shannon Sanders as one of their ten "Writers to Watch" with promising debut fiction coming out in Fall 2023. Her story collection, COMPANY, publishes in October with Graywolf Press.

Shannon Sanders named a Fall 2023 Writer to Watch in Publishers Weekly

Kirkus Reviews has named Ralph White’s GETTING OUT OF SAIGON (Simon & Schuster) to its list of “11 Guaranteed Page-Turners."

GETTING OUT OF SAIGON Is a Guaranteed Page-Turner

Melissa L. Sevigny’s BRAVE THE WILD RIVER (WW Norton) debuted at #9 on the Mountains and Plains Indie Bestseller List for the week ending June 11, 2023. 

BRAVE THE WILD RIVER Is an Indie Bestseller

Amazon has named Melissa L. Sevigny’s BRAVE THE WILD RIVER (WW Norton) as a Best Book of the Year (So Far) in the category of Biographies and Memoirs.

BRAVE THE WILD RIVER Is an Amazon Best Book of the Year (So Far)

Kirkus Reviews selected "10 Nonfiction Books to Broaden Your Summer Reading” and included Melissa L. Sevigny’s BRAVE THE WILD RIVER (Norton). 

Kirkus Recommends BRAVE THE WILD RIVER as a Summer Read

Rachel Zimmerman’s Washington Post article, “Dinner Parties and Vulnerability: How a New Generation Has Changed Grief,” features Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD, and her book THE GRIEVING BRAIN (HarperOne). 

THE GRIEVING BRAIN featured in the Washington Post

The Rolling Stone joins the list of magazines who have fallen in love with DYKETTE. Rolling Stone names the novel one of the best queer novels out now. 

"If you’re an LGBTQ person who’s ever lived in Brooklyn, you’ll probably see yourself in this biting tale of two young queer couples who go upstate with an older lesbian couple."-The Rolling Stone

DYKETTE is One of The Rolling Stone's Favorite New Reads

The Chicago Tribune calls Saul Austerlitz’s KIND OF A BIG DEAL: How Anchorman Stayed Classy and Became the Most Iconic Comedy of the Twenty-First Century (Dutton) "a well-reported, if fawning making-of Anchorman that’s a more insightful history of the (now broken) comedy partnership of Will Ferrell and Adam McKay." 

KIND OF A BIG DEAL Is a Chicago Tribune “52 Books for Summer 2023"

The Boston Globe has included Saul Austerlitz’s KIND OF A BIG DEAL: How Anchorman Stayed Classy and Became the Most Iconic Comedy of the Twenty-First Century (Dutton) on its Best New Books for Summer 2023 list. 

KIND OF A BIG DEAL Is a Best New Book for Summer 2023

Neuroscientist Mary-Frances O’Connor gave a talk based on her book THE GRIEVING BRAIN: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss (HarperOne) to TEDxUArizona.

MARY-FRANCES O’CONNOR Gives TEDxUArizona Talk

NBC’s Vicky Nguyen interviewed Ralph White and several of the Vietnamese refugees he rescued and wrote about in GETTING OUT OF SAIGON: How a 27-Year-Old Banker Saved 113 Vietnamese Civilians (Simon & Schuster) for a segment on Today. 

GETTING OUT OF SAIGON Featured on Today

"Davis gives us honest if sometimes jumbled insights into a queer domestic fantasy stuck in a version of the past that has never really existed."- The Cut

The Cut Loves DYKETTE

Electric Lit recommends reading DYKETTE this summer. 

"The Big Chill goes gay in Davis’s raunch-com about six queer Brooklynites spending the holidays at a Hudson farmhouse. Come for the sometimes-riotous relationship drama, stay for the myriad cultural in-jokes..."-Electric Lit

Electric Lit Calls DYKETTE One of the Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books of the Summer

W Magazine recommends diving into DYKETTE this summer. 

"At heart a love story, Dykette seductively examines themes like queer nonconformity and its place in a heteronormative world."-W Magazine

W Magazine Recommends DYKETTE

The Washington Post approves of Dykette as a great poolside read. 

"This is a book full of queer vocabulary and gossip written in a bold, unapologetic way. And why should it be otherwise? With 'Dykette,' Davis has filled what has been mostly an empty shelf in the literary world." -The Washington Post

The Washington Post Loves DYKETTE

The New York Times Book Review featured Melissa L. Sevigny’s BRAVE THE WILD RIVER: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon (Norton). Reviewer Deborah Blum said: “[A] cascade of a story, colored by sun and water and driven by courage and determination.”

New York Times Reviews BRAVE THE WILD RIVER

Vogue interviews Jenny Fran Davis on her newly published novel, Dykette.

Vogue Interviews Jenny Fran Davis

Vanity Fair interviews Jenny Fran Davis on her new novel DYKETTE.

"Davis’s new novel reads like a taxonomy of queer theory, references, and history, while offering up wholly new words and takes on contemporary lesbian life."- Svetlana Kitto, Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair Interviews Jenny Fran Davis

Dr. Thema Bryant appears on CBS Mornings on an expert panel to discuss finding mental health care, healing trauma, and supporting the mental health of teens for "Wellness Week" during Mental Health Awareness Month.

Dr. Thema Bryant Joins CBS Mornings on an Expert Panel

Kirkus Reviews named Ralph White’s GETTING OUT OF SAIGON (Simon & Schuster) one of the “10 Most Addictive Books of 2023 (So Far).” In its starred review, Kirkus said: "White tells his inspiring story with wit, panache, humility, and a captivating sense of time and place. A fantastic read."

Kirkus Names GETTING OUT OF SAIGON to “10 Most Addictive"

Christian Science Monitor named its 10 Best Books of April and included Ralph White’s GETTING OUT OF SAIGON (Simon & Schuster). They said: “His well-documented, true story offers a gripping play-by-play about the choice to do what’s right instead of what’s authorized.”

Christian Science Monitor Selects GETTING OUT OF SAIGON as a Best Book of April

"That's the story that we're telling within White House Clubhouse: of all the great dreamers who decided to dare greatly."  

Former White House speechwriter Sean O'Brien discusses his debut middle grade series. In WHITE HOUSE CLUBHOUSE, First Daughters Marissa and Clara discover a hidden tunnel that leads to an underground clubhouse full of antique curiosities, with doors heading in all directions—and a mysterious document addressed to them for their signatures. Upon signing, the girls find themselves transported back to 1903, to Teddy Roosevelt's White House. Marissa and Clara, along with Roosevelt's irrepressible children, are swept up on a cross-country railroad adventure to save California's redwoods from destruction.

Norton Young Readers Presents the Book Trailer for WHITE HOUSE CLUBHOUSE by Sean O'Brien

From the imagination of a former White House speechwriter—and his own kids—comes an inside look at White House administrations throughout history through the eyes of its youngest residents.

Publishers Weekly Explores Sean O'Brien's Forthcoming Middle-grade Series, WHITE HOUSE CLUBHOUSE

Oprah Daily selected ten books to consider giving a grieving friend, including Mary-Frances O’Connor PhD’s THE GRIEVING BRAIN: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss (HarperOne). About the book, they say: "For those who want to understand what’s happening to them and why grief is so confounding, this is a fascinating and comforting read."

Oprah Daily names THE GRIEVING BRAIN a "Best Book to Comfort a Grieving Friend”

Booklist bestows a star on Melissa Sevigny’s BRAVE THE WILD RIVER: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon (Norton): “A spellbinding writer of informed and ardent attentiveness, wit, and empathy, Sevigny splendidly conveys the dramatic beauty of this unique riverscape and casts light on the Indigenous people who cultivated plants in the canyonlands for millennia before being forced off the land… A breath-catching, enlightening, and significant work of scientific, environmental, and women's history.” 

A Booklist Starred Review for BRAVE THE WILD RIVER

Writing for the Washington Post, Mark Atwood Lawrence said of GETTING OUT OF SAIGON: How a 27-Year-Old American Banker Saved 113 Vietnamese Civilians (Simon & Schuster): “Ralph White’s captivating memoir shows that fresh revelations [about America’s war in Vietnam] are still possible… White is at his storytelling best when recounting his frenetic shuttling between the U.S. Embassy, the Saigon airport, hotel cafes and seedy bars in search of clear-eyed American officials who might help. This ‘pinball odyssey’ includes wary encounters with a Viet Cong operative, a run-in with South Vietnamese police and a chaste infatuation with a teenage Vietnamese prostitute, a cast of characters reminiscent of The Quiet American, Graham Greene’s classic 1955 novel of wartime Saigon.”

The Washington Post Praises GETTING OUT OF SAIGON

Kathryn Judge’s DIRECT: The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of Going to the Source (HarperBusiness) has been named a Gold Medalist for the 2023 Axiom Awards in the Business Theory category. According to Axiom: "The Axiom Business Book Awards are intended to bring increased recognition to exemplary business books and their creators. The awards were created in 2007, and have since become the largest and most respected critical guidepost for business books in today's new world of publishing. These prestigious and competitive awards are presented in 25 business categories and serve as the premier list to help readers discover new and innovative works."

DIRECT is a Gold Medalist for the 2023 Axiom Awards

"An edge-of-your-seat, too-insane-not-to-be-true story,” says Oprah Daily about Ralph White’s GETTING OUT OF SAIGON (Simon & Schuster). 

Oprah Daily Raves about GETTING OUT OF SAIGON

Booklist writes a glowing review of Dykette. 

The review will appear in the April 15, 2023, issue of Booklist, scheduled to mail and go live online, on April 13.

"An engagingly self-aware and entertainingly claustrophobic story of performance and realness."- Booklist

Booklist Loves DYKETTE!

Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?, written by Leslie Connor, is a 2023 Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts Award book.

ANYBODY HERE SEEN FRENCHIE? is on the 2023 Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Award List!

I'M NOT BROKEN by Jesse Leon is a 2023 Lambda Literary Award Finalist. I'M NOT BROKEN is also on 2022 NPR's Books We Love and 2022 Best of San Francisco Chronicle. It won the 2022 San Diego Writers Festival Memoir Writer of the Year Award. 

I'M NOT BROKEN is a Lambda Literary Award Finalist!

"Decades after they escape from a church-supported conversion therapy program, two old friends reunite as adults and come to terms with their shared trauma."

TELL THE REST by Lucy Jane Bledsoe Is Featured in The New York Times Book Review's "New This Week" Column

Nearly 50 years after Lucy Jane Bledsoe helped convince Portland leaders to create the first girls’ basketball league in Oregon, she returned to Ida B. Wells High, her alma mater, to mark Women’s History Month and discuss her new YA novel, NO STOPPING US NOW.

KGWTV Interviews Lucy Jane Bledsoe About Title IX and Her Novel NO STOPPING US NOW

START WHERE YOU ARE: A Journal for Self-Exploration

HUMANS OF NEW YORK

YOUR BODY IN BALANCE: The New Science of Food, Hormones, and Health

IN THE LOBBY OF THE DREAM HOTEL

SEINFELDIA: How a Show about Nothing Changed Everything

The Great Money Reset: Change Your Work, Change Your Wealth, Change Your Life

McCartney Legacy Vol. 1

AMINA'S VOICE

FRIZZY

THE SKIN AND ITS GIRL

DO HARD THINGS: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness

THE 5TH WAVE

LITURGIES FOR HOPE: Sixty Prayers for the Highs, Lows, and Everything in Between

WEST SIDE LOVE STORY

Monster is now a major motion picture starring Jennifer Hudson, Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Nas, and A$AP Rocky.

Named one of The 100 Best YA Books of All Time by TIME Magazine

New York Times bestseller, 2000 Coretta Scott King Honor Book, 2000 Michael L. Printz Award, 1999 National Book Award Finalist, 2000 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA), Hornbook Fanfare 2000, 2000 Quick Picks for Young Adults (Recomm. Books for Reluctant Young Readers)

This bestselling novel from acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers tells the story of Steve Harmon, a teenage boy in juvenile detention and on trial.

Presented as a screenplay of Steve's own imagination, and peppered with journal entries, the book shows how one single decision can change our whole lives.

Monster is a multi-award-winning, provocative coming-of-age story that was the first-ever Michael L. Printz Award recipient, an ALA Best Book, a Coretta Scott King Honor selection, and a National Book Award finalist.

MONSTER

THE REDEMPTION OF BOBBY LOVE

THE BOOKBINDER

WAXING ON: The Karate Kid and Me

The Met Flex Diet: Burn Better Fuel, Burn More Fat

“It’s the epic love story of 2017 and the ending is one you’ll be feeling for months to come.”—Redbook

"An irresistible tale of love and second chances."—People 

“This moving story is a perfect understanding of the sacrifices we make for love and for our dreams.”—Real Simple

“Your new tearjerker has arrived: Fans of Me Before You and One Day will love/weep over this elegant novel.”—New York Post

“This read is One Day meets Me Before You meets your weekender bag.”—The Skimm 

“Have your tissues ready...This book will sink its hooks into your heart on page one, and leave you scarred long after you're done.”—Bustle

“Enchanted and compelled me.”—Delia Ephron, author of Siracusa

“A wonderful and heartbreaking book....The kind of heartbreak that’s in The Way We Were, that you really love to cry over.”—NBC New York's Weekend Today


“Heart-wrenching yet beautiful.”—US Weekly


“A beautiful and devastating story that will captivate readers.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Comparisons will be made to David Nicholls’ One Day, but there is something more romantic here—yet also more grounded—that will draw readers in.”—Booklist