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Susanna Daniel

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About this author

Susanna Daniel was born and raised in Miami, Florida, where she spent much of her childhood at her family’s stilt house in Biscayne Bay.

Her debut novel, Stiltsville, was awarded the PEN/Bingham prize for best debut work published in 2010. It was also named a 2011 Summer Reading List pick by Oprah.com, a Best Debut of 2010 by Amazon.com, a Best Book of 2010 by the Huffington Post, and a Discover Great New Writers pick by Barnes & Noble.

Susanna is a graduate of Columbia University and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and was a Carl Djerassi Fiction Fellow at the University of Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. Her writing has been published in Harcourt’s Best New American Voices Anthology, One Story, Epoch, Slate.com, and...more


Newborns


In the time-honored tradition of comparing books to human babies, I'm thrilled to announce two newborns into my life.


First, my new novel, SEA CREATURES, set in South Florida during the summer of 1992, about a woman who ultimately must face the unthinkable choice between her husband and young son, SOLD to HarperCollins last month! [...]

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Average rating: 3.56 · 836 ratings · 252 reviews · 1 distinct work
Stiltsville: A Novel
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"Fire is a speed reader, which is why the ignorant burn books: fire races through pages, takes care of all the knowledge, and never bores you with a summary."Elizabeth McCracken
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" Someday, when I'm in love with a sweet-hearted, glowing god-like boy who looks good in swim trunks, I will understand why people grow attatched to places like this:



Until then, I am resentful. And check out library books. And resist owning cat(s).... "
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" i feel funny giving anything 5 stars but I really devoured this book. I actually liked the first 2/3 best, before the major "drama" started, but it was ALL beautifully written ~ and I felt it all in my gut. The narrator was someone I'd be proud to... "
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Miriam Gershow
“If ever there was a sentence more quickly imprinted in my consciousness, more oft repeated, one that stood as more of an arbiter against which to judge all else, I do not know it. In the beginning, the repetition was the numb sort, the words impenetrable. Only occasionally did they have the power to stop me midstep as I walked upstairs. Or seize my stomach as I ate. Or clear my head as I attempted to speak.”
Miriam Gershow, The Local News: A Novel

Elizabeth McCracken
“Fire is a speed reader, which is why the ignorant burn books: fire races through pages, takes care of all the knowledge, and never bores you with a summary.”
Elizabeth McCracken, The Giant's House




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