Ancestor-Oriented Editorial Offerings this Summer
My summer editorial offerings focus on my greatest strength and interest: working with fellow writers who are reckoning with their own troubled family histories.
My summer editorial offerings focus on my greatest strength and interest: working with fellow writers who are reckoning with their own troubled family histories.
The Ancestor Trouble paperback is coming in June, and I love how much the design draws from the hardcover jacket while also making it new again. Thank you, Rachel Ake!
Ancestor Trouble is a finalist for the John Leonard Prize, for a first book in any genre.
Ancestor Trouble is named a best southern book of the year by Garden & Gun Magazine and a best of the year by Entertainment Weekly.
Ancestor Trouble is a best book of 2022, according to The New Yorker, NPR, The Washington Post, Time, and Esquire. It was also a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection. Much gratitude to all the editors and critics who made these decisions and conferred these distinctions in a truly wonderful year for books.