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author spotlight
Kevin Brockmeier is the author of the novels The Brief History of the Dead and The Truth About Celia, the story collection Things That Fall from the Sky, and the children's novels City of Names and Grooves: A Kind of Mystery. He has published stories in The New Yorker, The Georgia Review, McSweeney's, The Oxford American, The Best American Short Stories, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and The O. Henry Prize Stories anthology. He has received the Chicago Tribune’s Nelson Algren Award, an Italo Calvino Short Fiction Award, a James Michener-Paul Engle Fellowship, three O. Henry Awards (one, a first... Read More
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The Brief History of the Dead
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $13.95
From Kevin Brockmeier, one of this generation's most inventive young writers, comes a striking new novel about death, life, and the mysterious place in between.
The City is inhabited by those who have departed Earth but are still remembered by the living. They will reside in this afterlife until they are... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $13.95
From Kevin Brockmeier, one of this generation's most inventive young writers, comes a striking new novel about death, life, and the mysterious place in between.
The City is inhabited by those who have departed Earth but are still remembered by the living. They will reside in this afterlife until they are... Read more >
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eBook.
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The View From the Seventh Layer
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $14.95
Peering into the often unnoticed corners of life, Kevin Brockmeier has been consistently praised for the originality of his vision, the boundlessness of his imagination and the command of his craft. Once again, in this new collection of fiction, Brockmeier shows us a fantastical world that is intimately familiar but somehow... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $14.95
Peering into the often unnoticed corners of life, Kevin Brockmeier has been consistently praised for the originality of his vision, the boundlessness of his imagination and the command of his craft. Once again, in this new collection of fiction, Brockmeier shows us a fantastical world that is intimately familiar but somehow... Read more >
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Things that Fall from the Sky
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2003
Price: $13.95
Weaving together loss and anxiety with fantastic elements and literary sleight-of-hand, Kevin Brockmeier’s richly imagined Things That Fall from the Sky views the nagging realities of the world through a hopeful lens.
In the deftly told “These Hands,” a man named Lewis recounts his time babysitting a young girl and his... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2003
Price: $13.95
Weaving together loss and anxiety with fantastic elements and literary sleight-of-hand, Kevin Brockmeier’s richly imagined Things That Fall from the Sky views the nagging realities of the world through a hopeful lens.
In the deftly told “These Hands,” a man named Lewis recounts his time babysitting a young girl and his... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Truth About Celia
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: July 13, 2004
Price: $13.00
While playing alone in her backyard one afternoon, seven-year-old Celia suddenly disappears while her father Christopher is inside giving a tour of their historic house and her mother Janet is at an orchestra rehearsal.
Utterly shattered, Christopher, a writer of fantasy and science fiction, withdraws from everyone around him, especially his wife... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: July 13, 2004
Price: $13.00
While playing alone in her backyard one afternoon, seven-year-old Celia suddenly disappears while her father Christopher is inside giving a tour of their historic house and her mother Janet is at an orchestra rehearsal.
Utterly shattered, Christopher, a writer of fantasy and science fiction, withdraws from everyone around him, especially his wife... Read more >
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The View from the Seventh Layer
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: March 18, 2008
Price: $21.95
Kevin Brockmeier--award -winning author of The Brief History of the Dead--has been widely praised for the richness of his imagination, the lyrical grace and playfulness of his language, and the empathic emotional complexity of his storytelling. And this dazzling collection once again affirms his place as one of the most creative... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: March 18, 2008
Price: $21.95
Kevin Brockmeier--award -winning author of The Brief History of the Dead--has been widely praised for the richness of his imagination, the lyrical grace and playfulness of his language, and the empathic emotional complexity of his storytelling. And this dazzling collection once again affirms his place as one of the most creative... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Truth About Celia
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2003
Price: $22.00
From the award-winning author of Things That Fall from the Sky, a richly nuanced and deeply moving novel about the disappearance of a young girl, as told by her devastated father.
Celia is seven years old on the day she goes missing. Her father, Christopher, is giving a tour of their historic... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2003
Price: $22.00
From the award-winning author of Things That Fall from the Sky, a richly nuanced and deeply moving novel about the disappearance of a young girl, as told by her devastated father.
Celia is seven years old on the day she goes missing. Her father, Christopher, is giving a tour of their historic... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The View from the Seventh Layer
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $14.95
Kevin Brockmeier--award -winning author of The Brief History of the Dead--has been widely praised for the richness of his imagination, the lyrical grace and playfulness of his language, and the empathic emotional complexity of his storytelling. And this dazzling collection once again affirms his place as one of the most creative... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $14.95
Kevin Brockmeier--award -winning author of The Brief History of the Dead--has been widely praised for the richness of his imagination, the lyrical grace and playfulness of his language, and the empathic emotional complexity of his storytelling. And this dazzling collection once again affirms his place as one of the most creative... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Truth About Celia
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.00
From the award-winning author of Things That Fall from the Sky, a richly nuanced and deeply moving novel about the disappearance of a young girl, as told by her devastated father.
Celia is seven years old on the day she goes missing. Her father, Christopher, is giving a tour of their historic... Read more >
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.00
From the award-winning author of Things That Fall from the Sky, a richly nuanced and deeply moving novel about the disappearance of a young girl, as told by her devastated father.
Celia is seven years old on the day she goes missing. Her father, Christopher, is giving a tour of their historic... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Things that Fall from the Sky
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95
Weaving together loss and anxiety with fantastic elements and literary sleight-of-hand, Kevin Brockmeier’s richly imagined Things That Fall from the Sky views the nagging realities of the world through a hopeful lens.
In the deftly told “These Hands,” a man named Lewis recounts his time babysitting a young girl and his... Read more >
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95
Weaving together loss and anxiety with fantastic elements and literary sleight-of-hand, Kevin Brockmeier’s richly imagined Things That Fall from the Sky views the nagging realities of the world through a hopeful lens.
In the deftly told “These Hands,” a man named Lewis recounts his time babysitting a young girl and his... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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These Hands
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 30, 2001
Price: $4.96
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Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 30, 2001
Price: $4.96
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The Brief History of the Dead
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $13.95
“Remember me when I’m gone”
just took on a whole new meaning.
The City is inhabited by the recently departed, who reside there only as long as they remain in the memories of the living. Among the current residents of this afterlife are Luka Sims, who prints the only newspaper in the City... Read more >
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $13.95
“Remember me when I’m gone”
just took on a whole new meaning.
The City is inhabited by the recently departed, who reside there only as long as they remain in the memories of the living. Among the current residents of this afterlife are Luka Sims, who prints the only newspaper in the City... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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