Jami Attenberg

Jami Attenberg (born 1971 in Arlington Heights, Illinois[1]) is an American author.

Life and Works

Jami Attenberg grew up in Buffalo Grove, Illinois[2] and graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a degree in Writing.[3] In 2006, a selection of short stories was published under the title Instant Love.[4] Two novels were to follow: The Kept Man (2007)[5] and The Melting Season (2010).[6] The author experienced a literary breakthrough in 2012, when her third novel The Middlesteins became a New York Times Bestseller[7] and was listed among the ten best-selling books on Amazon in 2012.[8] The Middlesteins was translated into multiple languages and the author was nominated for multiple literature awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize[9] and the St. Francis College Literary Prize.[10] In 2015, she authored her fifth published book, Saint Mazie.[11] The website Buzzfeed listed Saint Mazie as one of the 27 "Most Exciting Books of 2015."[12]

Her next novel, All Grown Up will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in March 2017,[13] and in the UK, France, Italy, Germany and Holland in 2017-2018.

Essays written by Jami Attenberg on various topics can be found in the New York Times,[14] the Wall Street Journal,[15] Vogue,[16] Elle[17] and Lenny Letter[18]

Attenberg splits her time between Brooklyn, NY and New Orleans, LA[19]

References

  1. ↑ Illinois Authors: Jami Attenberg
  2. ↑ Chicago Reader: In The Middlesteins, Jami Attenberg shows you can go home again, by Aimee Levitt on June 7, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  3. ↑ LitLovers
  4. ↑ Publishers Weekly
  5. ↑ Kirkus Reviews
  6. ↑ BookForum
  7. ↑ Press section of author's website.
  8. ↑ Archive.org of Amazon 2012 Top Books
  9. ↑ L.A. Times
  10. ↑ St. Francis College website.
  11. ↑ Hachette Book Group
  12. ↑ Buzzfeed: 27 Of The Most Exciting New Books Of 2015 by Jarry Lee.
  13. ↑ Hachette Business Portal
  14. ↑ New York Times article search
  15. ↑ Wall Street Journal: Novelist Jami Attenberg on Why Whiskey Is for Sharing
  16. ↑ Vogue Contributor Page: Jami Attenberg
  17. ↑ Elle Author Page: Jami Attenberg
  18. ↑ Lenny Letter Author Page: Jami Attenberg
  19. ↑ Pictorial: An Interview With Jami Attenberg, Author of Saint Mazie.

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