Big News for next year.
Hello, everyone.
I haven't been on Goodreads much but I thought that now (this very second, in fact) might be a good time to change that because I have a lot of news.
Next year — 2021 — is going to be an enormous year for me. I have three novels coming out. I don't suspect that I'll ever be able to say such a thing again. Here they are:
1. In January, Radio Life will be coming out in the UK and Commonwealth with Jo Fletcher Books/Quercus. Radio Life is my first step in science fiction. It's about a civilization on the rise, hundreds of years after a long-since forgotten apocalypse. With a nod to Walter Miller Jr's A Canticle for Leibowitz, "The Commonwealth" is dedicated to the collection of all scraps of knowledge that remain to try and rebuild the world that once-was. But The Keepers believe that the Ancients once used that knowledge to end life. And so the Commonwealth must be stopped. Everything changes when sixteen year old Elimisha — an Archive Runner for the Commonwealth — falls in a deep hole.
2. In February, Audible Originals is publishing (as an audio presentation) QUIET TIME. It's an inter-generational comedic drama set on the coast of New England (Marblehead). Robert and Mkiwa Livingston decide to move from Geneva, Switzerland to Robert's native America so he can pursue his dream of giving his daughters the American upbringing he remembers so fondly. It starts off badly when fifteen year old Beatrice is traumatized during her first "lock down drill" at her high school and beats a cop senseless.
3. In July, I'm publishing How to Find Your Way in the Dark, forthcoming in the U.S. with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and in the UK/Commonwealth with Transworld at Penguin Random House (which really should have been called Random Penguin … obviously). This is the long-awaited prequel to the life and times of Sheldon Horowitz from Norwegian by Night. When he's twelve years old in 1938, Sheldon is orphaned when his beloved Father Joseph is driven off the road in Western Massachusetts by a man with a mustache. Moving into his uncle's home in Hartford, Sheldon passes through a universe of adventures in an epic coming of age story set during the rise of American comedy in the Catskill mountains and the concurrent descent of the world into barbarism, fascism, and the Holocaust. This is … quite a story.
So. I'll be happy to answer questions. My sincere hope, is that you can help me spread the word, share the love, and help me bring these stories out into that crowded world where people shout too much and don't seem to have enough time and attention to focus and listen. I've done my best here, and I hope it shows.
With love,
Derek (21 October, 2020, Oslo).
I haven't been on Goodreads much but I thought that now (this very second, in fact) might be a good time to change that because I have a lot of news.
Next year — 2021 — is going to be an enormous year for me. I have three novels coming out. I don't suspect that I'll ever be able to say such a thing again. Here they are:
1. In January, Radio Life will be coming out in the UK and Commonwealth with Jo Fletcher Books/Quercus. Radio Life is my first step in science fiction. It's about a civilization on the rise, hundreds of years after a long-since forgotten apocalypse. With a nod to Walter Miller Jr's A Canticle for Leibowitz, "The Commonwealth" is dedicated to the collection of all scraps of knowledge that remain to try and rebuild the world that once-was. But The Keepers believe that the Ancients once used that knowledge to end life. And so the Commonwealth must be stopped. Everything changes when sixteen year old Elimisha — an Archive Runner for the Commonwealth — falls in a deep hole.
2. In February, Audible Originals is publishing (as an audio presentation) QUIET TIME. It's an inter-generational comedic drama set on the coast of New England (Marblehead). Robert and Mkiwa Livingston decide to move from Geneva, Switzerland to Robert's native America so he can pursue his dream of giving his daughters the American upbringing he remembers so fondly. It starts off badly when fifteen year old Beatrice is traumatized during her first "lock down drill" at her high school and beats a cop senseless.
3. In July, I'm publishing How to Find Your Way in the Dark, forthcoming in the U.S. with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and in the UK/Commonwealth with Transworld at Penguin Random House (which really should have been called Random Penguin … obviously). This is the long-awaited prequel to the life and times of Sheldon Horowitz from Norwegian by Night. When he's twelve years old in 1938, Sheldon is orphaned when his beloved Father Joseph is driven off the road in Western Massachusetts by a man with a mustache. Moving into his uncle's home in Hartford, Sheldon passes through a universe of adventures in an epic coming of age story set during the rise of American comedy in the Catskill mountains and the concurrent descent of the world into barbarism, fascism, and the Holocaust. This is … quite a story.
So. I'll be happy to answer questions. My sincere hope, is that you can help me spread the word, share the love, and help me bring these stories out into that crowded world where people shout too much and don't seem to have enough time and attention to focus and listen. I've done my best here, and I hope it shows.
With love,
Derek (21 October, 2020, Oslo).
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Oct 21, 2020 01:52AM
I happen to know that these are all excellent reads!!!
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I am so looking forward to spending time with Sheldon again. And to hearing the Marblehead story while sitting on a bench in Crocker Park.
You've been a busy man Derek. Thanks for the update. I am looking forward to all of these but especially How To Find Your Way in The Dark. Cheers, Paul
