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The publish date crept in quietly, with little fanfare but great anticipation. It had the hope of Christmas Eve mixed with the nervousness of the first day of school. I lay awake in my bed at 4:20 AM, imagining owls swooping across the dusky pre-dawn sky, brown-paper-wrapped parcels clutched in their talons, as they deposited my book on doorsteps across the land…

An interview for NYC’s Next Magazine

An interview with Young Lim, the book cover designer

Pixelated, Episode XVIII: “Hunky Statues and Hunks of Cheese.” a blind date interview between “The Turner House” author Angela Flournoy and myself.

Esquire, “Careers of Note: Voiceover Artist”

Zack Calhoon interviews me as part of his ongoing “People You Should Know” series:

Not long ago, I got to record the audiobook for my debut novel, Still Life Las Vegas. It was a grueling but oh-so-satisfying three full days of recording. I wrote an essay about the experience for the FSG Book Keeper website:

Less than a week to go before the book hits the shelves, and I’m up at 5:20, ruminating… …Last night the heavy shelves above our desk in the study collapsed, bringing down with it all manner of folders, notebooks and small work-related tchotchkes. The iMac hurtled to the ground, knocked down by the lamp above. […]