Edan Lepucki

Lepucki at the 2014 Texas Book Festival.

Edan Lepucki is an American novelist notable for her debut novel, California, which rose to prominence as a result of a public dispute between comedian Stephen Colbert and online publisher Amazon.[1]

Early life

Edan Lepucki grew up in Los Angeles, California and graduated from Oberlin College and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop.[2]

Career

Lepucki's debut novel, California, rose to prominence as a result of a public dispute between comedian Stephen Colbert and online publisher Amazon,[1] which arose when Colbert urged his viewers on two successive nights of his talk show to pre-order copies of the novel from his own publisher, the Hachette Book Group.

The novel was subsequently reviewed by national newspapers including the Boston Globe, Washington Post, the New York Times[2] the Los Angeles Times, and others.[3][4] The New York Times suggested Lepucki had, in effect, "won the literary Lotto".[1] The San Jose Mercury News described Lepucki as a "terrific writer."[5] According to one report, Lepucki signed 10,000 copies of her novel over the span of three days.[6] Lepucki is an instructor with the UCLA Extension Writers' Program.[7] Her fiction has appeared in McSweeney's, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Narrative Magazine, Meridian and elsewhere.[7]

Books

References

  1. 1 2 3 Simon, Clea (17 July 2014). "'California' by Edan Lepucki". Boston Globe.
  2. 1 2 Barnes, Brooks (2 July 2014). "Winner in the Amazon War". New York Times.
  3. ↑ Young, Jessica (28 May 2014). "2014 Summer Guide: Beach Reads". Orlando Weekly.
  4. ↑ Susannah Cahalan (24 May 2014). "The 29 best books of the summer". New York Post.
  5. ↑ Georgia Rowe, 07/21/2014, San Jose Mercury News, Books by the Bay: Edan Lepucki's 'California' deserves its Stephen Colbert 'bump', Accessed July 22, 2014, "'California' deftly weaves the terrifying strands of what we already know with what we can only imagine"
  6. ↑ Stone, Madeline (10 July 2014). "The Awesome Story Of How Stephen Colbert Helped A Debut Author Win Against Amazon". Business Insider Australia.
  7. 1 2 Edan Lepucki, Accessed July 22, 2014

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