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David Ebershoff

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Los Angeles, CA, The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Gay and Lesbian

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David Ebershoff is the author of four books, including The Danish Girl, which was adapted into an Oscar-winning film, and the #1 bestseller The 19th Wife, which was adapted for television. In 2017 the New York Times named The Danish Girl one of the 25 books that have shaped LGBTQ literature in the past twenty years. David is Vice President and Executive Editor at Hogarth Books and Random House, where he edits a wide-range of prize-winning and bestselling authors of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.

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	Сын повелителя сирот by Adam Johnson, Адам Джонсон, David Ebershoff (Goodreads Author) (Interview) 4.07 avg rating — 103,941 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 19th Wife 3.65 avg rating — 60,806 ratings — published 2008 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Danish Girl 3.76 avg rating — 24,898 ratings — published 2000 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pasadena 3.43 avg rating — 908 ratings — published 2002 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lit Riffs by Matthew Miele (Editor), Heidi Julavitz, Tanker Dane (Contributor) 3.31 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Brown Reader: 50 Writers Remember College Hill by Judy Sternlight (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Judy Sternlight (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Donald Antrim 3.85 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rose City: Stories 3.58 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Literary Pasadena: The Fiction Edition by Patty O'Sullivan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michelle Huneven (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Jervey Tervalon (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Men on Men 6: Best New Gay Fiction by David Bergman (Editor), Jim Grimsley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Bruce Benderson (Contributor) 3.85 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grand Scheme 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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David Ebershoff liked Aaron's review of Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King: "Reading Monsters in the Archives felt like being invited right into the room with Caroline Bicks while she dug through King’s drafts and personal notes. Early on, you can feel how much this opportunity means to her, and that energy pulls you along wi" Read more of this review »
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David Ebershoff liked Nikolaj's review of Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King: "This was a really enjoyable deep dive into Stephen King's work - and I'm not even a huge Stephen King fan, myself, I just love reading about other writers, and this definitely didn't disappoint. The author's knowledge was extensive, and her access to" Read more of this review »
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David Ebershoff liked Debbie's review of Waiting on a Friend: "This is so good…. Beautifully written it has a gay female lead and is set in 1980s New York. A wonderful heartbreaking and life affirming novel about AIDS, friendship, families and life. Oh and the narrator can see ghosts. Wonderful read, recommended" Read more of this review »
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David Ebershoff liked Alyssa Haley's review of Waiting on a Friend: "I found this book very immersive. The writing is raw and honest. There were times when I was unsure how the story would develop, and the pacing flagged slightly, but I think that is appropriate for a book about grief. Highly recommend for those inter" Read more of this review »
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“Last year when my grandma fell and broke her hip she couldn't paint her toenails anymore. So my grandpa started doing it for her, even after he fell and broke his hip, too. For me, that's love.”
― David Ebershoff, The 19th Wife

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“Einar felt lonely, and he wondered if anybody in the world would ever know him.”
― David Ebershoff, The Danish Girl

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“I know someone loves me from how they say my name. Like with my mom and dad, when they say "Benjamin" it's like my name is safe in their mouth.”
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Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father by Alysia Abbott

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Ammonite by Nicola Griffith

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Thoreau in Love by John Schuyler Bishop

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The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff

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Summon the Keeper by Tanya Huff

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A Hole in the World by Sophie Robbins

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“A man will reveal his true self, or so it seems, on the tennis court.”
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“One can become so sentimental about a person's absence, but it's impossible to be consistently sentimental in his presence - when you're confronted with the quotidian selfishness and silence that, I'm given to understand, comprise most of a life. But we were just so new.”
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“But all that talk. All those confidences. He shuddered to think about it. At the time, though, he didn't know any better, and he was filled the gleeful lurching and teeth-chattering panic of early and undiagnosed love.”
― Jennifer Dubois, A Partial History of Lost Causes

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“I will admit it sometimes felt strange to me to make the confession to someone and later catch them laughing, or flirting, or eating a sandwich, instead of tearing at the injustice of it all or sitting quietly at the center of a grand and monstrous grief. The disaster of my life might be only the worst thing another person heard that afternoon; they might have forgotten by dinnertime; they might have been more heartbroken by watching certain movies.”
― Jennifer Dubois, A Partial History of Lost Causes

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