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Rachel Cantor

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I am the author of the forthcoming novel Half-Life of a Stolen Sister (Soho Press 2023) as well as the novels Good on Paper (Melville House 2016) and A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or a Neetsa Pizza Employee's Guide to Saving the World (Melville House 2014).

I live in New York, in the writerly borough of Brooklyn, but have also made my home in most U.S. states between Virginia and Vermont. In addition to writing fiction, I freelance as a writer for nonprofits that work in low-income countries. I’ve worked everywhere from Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe (most recently in Laos, Namibia, and Nigeria). I spent much of my adolescence in Rome, and as a young adult, wandered the world--working on food festivals in Melbourne, Australia, and European jazz festi ...more

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Starred reviews from both Kirkus Reviews and Publishers' Weekly for Rachel Cantor's forthcoming novel Good on Paper (Jan. 26, 2016)!

Kirkus (STARRED REVIEW): "... Cantor clearly loves her characters, and she shows true mastery of their inner lives. Between endearingly wonky riffs about translation, she offers full access to Shira’s roller coaster of emotions, the collisions of her past and present, Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 20, 2015 11:00 • Tags: good-on-paper, kirkus, publishers-weekly, review, starred-review

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	A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or a Neetsa Pizza Employee's Guide to Saving the World 2.87 avg rating — 872 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
	Good on Paper 2.99 avg rating — 692 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Flashed: Sudden Stories in Comics and Prose by Josh Neufeld (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sari Wilson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gina Frangello (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.59 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2016	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
	One Story Collected: Stories from the 2014 Literary Debutantes by Molly Antopol, Rachel Cantor (Goodreads Author), Amelia Kahaney (Goodreads Author) 3.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Kenyon Review Jan/Feb 2015 by David H. Lynn (Editor), Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers (Contributor), Michaela Jenkins (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Half-Life of a Stolen Sister it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — expected publication 2023 — 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

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