Nina Siegal is a writer and journalist, with a history of writing for the theater. A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE FACTS, her debut novel, is a hard-boiled satire set in late 1990s New York and was a 2005 finalist for the James Jones First Novel Fellowship from Wilkes University. Nina received her MFA in Fiction from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa, and her B.A. from Cornell University.
"I know I'm only the first of many readers who will fall in love
with Valerie Vane, irresistible heroine of Nina Siegal's
wonderfully witty novel. A compulsively readable debut." - Margot
Livesey, author of BANISHING VERONA, EVA MOVES THE FURNITURE, and
THE MISSING WORLD
"An exceptionally well-written record of one woman's quest for
personal and professional identity. Siegal very skillfully
dramatizes the styles of street artists, popular and classical art,
and, most important of all, the bureaucratic tensions between the
various departments of a major newspaper." - James A. McPherson,
winner of the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, for the collection
of short stories, Elbow Room
"More proof that the hardboiled novel is alive and kicking: a novel
that is both thrilling to read and beautifully written. Smart,
fast, funny!" - Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Other Impossible
Pursuits and Daughter's Keeper
"Siegal blends glamour and gutter into a delicious cocktail, equal
parts behind-the-scenes dish and crime novel." - Publishers
Weekly
"Siegal has subtly rejuvinated the (noir) genre." - Brooklyn Rail
Magazine
"A great read." - Quick and Simple Magazine
Great Debuts of 2008: "A combination of chick lit and crime
fiction, this book transcends those genres with its sassy, witty
prose and urban art-based plot." - Rocky Mountain News
"Nina Siegal's genre busting debut is both a eulogy for the big
city dreams of one out-of-town girl, and a sassy turn of crime
fiction with as many twists as a New York pretzel." - Lucinda
Rosenfeld, author of WHAT SHE SAW and WHY SHE WENT HOME
"Valerie Vane is the best thing to hit the newspaper biz since
Rosalind Russell cracked wise with Cary Grant. She's smart, she's
funny, she's sexy." - James Hynes, author of THE LECTURER'S TALE,
KINGS OF INFINITE SPACE, and PUBLISH AND PERISH: THREE TALES OF
TENURE AND TERROR
"A novel as rich as it is eminently readable. Good luck putting A
LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE FACTS down for the night." - Lucinda
Rosenfeld, author of WHAT SHE SAW and WHY SHE WENT HOME
"An absorbing tale. Siegal is a delightful writer." - Lisa Ko,
author of The Leavers
"Witty...Nina Siegal gets it right." - Page Six, New York Post
"WHAT YOU'LL LOVE: Siegal's talent for nailing the details that
illuminate an era -- from the mid-'80s art boom to the late '90s
social swirl -- makes for a transporting read." - Washington Post
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