Lily King is the New York Times bestselling author of six novels--Heart the Lover, Writers & Lovers, Euphoria, Father of the Rain, The English Teacher, and The Pleasing Hour--as well as the story collection Five Tuesdays in Winter. Her work has won numerous prizes and awards, including the Kirkus Prize, the New England Book Award, the Maine Book Award, and a Whiting Award; has been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Story Prize; and has been longlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. Her books have been translated into thirty-two languages. She lives in Portland, Maine.
Praise for Writers & Lovers: New York Times Bestseller
New England Society's Book Award for Fiction
Named one of The Best Fiction Books of 2020 by Kirkus
One of Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2020
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Decade
Named one of Cosmopolitan's 58 Best Romance Novels of All Time"[A]
comic and compassionate novel... It shares with [Euphoria] a
fascination with the difficulty of defining the worth of one's life
when the familiar markers of adult achievement are slow to
materialize. With wit and what reads like deep insider wisdom, Ms.
King captures the chronic low-level panic of taking a leap into the
artsy unknown and finding yourself adrift, without land or rescue
in sight." --Maureen Corrigan, Wall Street Journal"I loved this
book not just from the first chapter or the first page but from the
first paragraph... The voice is just so honest and riveting and
insightful about creativity and life." --Curtis Sittenfeld, London
Evening Standard"[D]elightful... [A]n unmistakable broadside
against fiction's love affair with macho strivers, even -- or
especially -- when layers of lyricism and tenderness coat their
machismo. The emotional force of Writers & Lovers is
considerable..." --New York Times Book Review"Romance isn't the
point for Casey. Love is the gravy; words are the filet. Finding a
way to build a life around work she loves, finding a way to support
herself as a writer -- this is the line connecting all three
corners of the love triangle at the heart of this novel." --New
York Times Book Review, Group Text Book Club"This smooth,
deliberate chronicle of creation keeps the men in their place and
Casey firmly rooted at the center of her own story. Instead of
casting her as a woman torn between archetypes of male creativity,
Writers & Lovers portrays her as a woman in thrall to her own
generative processes, a devotee to the art of (her own) attention."
--Los Angeles Times"Among the elements that make Writers & Lovers
so winning are the perfectly calibrated little details, convincing
conversations, and droll wit.... Writers & Lovers is a book about
passion, desire, grief, determination, and finding one's way. It's
also about craving love, family, and success... generously infused
with heart and soul and wit and wisdom." --NPR"Wonderful, witty,
heartfelt... Writers & Lovers is a funny novel about grief, and,
worse, it's dangerously romantic, bold enough and fearless enough
to imagine the possibility of unbounded happiness." --Washington
Post"King has created a woman on the cusp of personal fulfillment
and strong enough to stand on her own, someone akin to Sally
Rooney's Frances in Conversations with Friends... But King also
situates Casey inside a variation of the
which-lover-will-she-choose framework of, say, Nancy Meyers's film
Something's Gotta Give... The novel is a meditation on trying
itself: to stay alive, to love, to care. That point feels so fresh,
so powerfully diametrically opposed to the readily available
cynicism we've been feasting on... King wants us to keep trying,
through whatever means necessary, to beat the odds." --Boston
Globe"[A] poignant and heartfelt novel about the effects of grief
and the paths people take to get through life. I couldn't put the
book down..." --Seattle Times"This novel will become a defining
classic for struggling young writers." --Vulture"King captures the
agita of an early-life crisis and the eccentricities of a writer's
life, spiking the narrative with wit, sumptuous imagery and
hilarious skewerings of literary elitism." --People"Before I knew
it, I wanted to restart the book again from the very beginning . .
. Rereading this book is like visiting an old friend who reminds
you that everything is going to be OK." --BookPage"King leaves no
barrier between readers and smart, genuine, cynical, and funny
Casey. A closely observed tale of finding oneself, and one's voice,
while working through grief." --Booklist (starred review)"[A]
charmingly written coming of age story." --Kirkus Reviews (starred
review)"[I]ntimate and vulnerable... Lily King's novel follows a
deeply relatable protagonist navigating a whole menu of crises
surrounded by a cast of genuine, vivid characters... the book
occupies a small space, but packs it to the brim with humanity."
--Entertainment Weekly"[A] down-to-earth saga of an extremely
bright and likable single woman wrestling with sexual desires,
emotional dreads... an engaging portrait of a woman confronting
modern hardships." --Associated Press"King has portrayed
effectively and compassionately with well-crafted prose, evocative
descriptions, and spot-on dialogue." --New York Journal of
Books"[F]unny and romantic and hard to put down, full of
well-observed details of restaurant culture and writer's workshops.
It's hard to imagine a reader who wouldn't root for Casey."
--Library Journal (starred review)"A knowing look at the pursuit of
a life in the arts, with a protagonist you'll root for." --Marie
Claire"Elegant... The nimble, astute narration appeals. This
meditation on the passing of youth is touching and ruefully funny."
--Publishers Weekly"King is one of those rare writers who can
entwine sadness, hilarity and burning fury in the briefest of
moments." --BookPage"[A]n extraordinary novel... King beautifully
documents every aspect of Casey's character. Casey's insights into
the world of writing are fascinating nd often humorous.... The
prose [is] linguistically sophisticated, clean and uncluttered."
--Midwest Book Review"Seemingly light and breezy, the novel has an
impressively steely core... Writers & Lovers has one of the most
completely satisfying endings around, both surprising and solidly
in character." --Columbus Dispatch"[R]emarkably funny... full of
moments of keen observation, of wry remarks about the challenges of
writing and the awkwardness of early love." --Bookreporter"Writers
& Lovers made me happy. Even as the narrator grieves the loss of
her mother and struggles to make art and keep a roof over her head,
the novel is suffused with hopefulness and kindness. Lily King
writes with a great generosity of spirit." --Ann Patchett, author
of The Dutch House"Lily King is one of our great literary treasures
and Writers & Lovers is suffused with her brilliance. It is
captivating, potent, incisive, and wise, a moving story of grief,
and recovering from grief, and of a young woman finding her courage
for life." --Madeline Miller, author of Circe"Gorgeous!"
--Elizabeth Strout, author of Olive Kitteridge"Writers & Lovers is
a portrait of the artist as a young woman. Lily King writes
masterfully about desire and loss, creativity and inspiration, and
how each overlaps and influences the other. I found myself reading
slowly, underlining phrases, wanting to linger in the world of this
novel. Her insights about love -- how it is elusive and ineffable
-- and about grief -- how it is something that you live inside --
took my breath away." --Christina Baker Kline, author of A Piece of
the World"Writers & Lovers stole my heart from its first pages. I
am in love with this book. In. Love. This deep dive of a novel will
stay with me forever." --Elin Hilderbrand, author of Summer of
'69"My favourite of Lily King's books so far. Exuberant and
affirming, it's funny and immensely clever, emotionally rare and
strong. I feel bereft now I've finished." --Tessa Hadley, author of
Late In The Day"If you loved The Friend but wish it had had more
sex and waitressing, get ready for Lily King's Writers and Lovers.
Delicious." --Emma Straub
Praise for Euphoria: "Taut, witty, fiercely intelligent... King is
brilliant." --New York Times Book Review"Intense, seductive,
sexual, and intellectual... There are so many exhilarating elements
to savor in Euphoria... Brava to Lily King." --San Francisco
Chronicle"As concentrated as orchid food, packing as much narrative
power and intellectual energy into its 250 pages as novels triple
its size." --Newsday"Atmospheric and sensual... An intellectually
stimulating tour de force." --NPR
Praise for Father of the Rain: "Surprising and wise...An absorbing,
insightful story written in cool, polished prose right to the last
conflicted line." --Washington Post"King is a beautiful writer,
with equally strong gifts for dialogue and internal monologue."
--New York Times Book Review"Haunting, incisive...King is
brilliant." --Elle"An excellent novel, sensitive and perceptive."
--Chicago Tribune
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