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Aimee Pokwatka grew up in Wheeling, West Virginia. She studied anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and received her MFA in creative writing from Syracuse University.
Jess Armstrong's debut novel, The Curse of Penryth Hall, won the Minotaur
James Patterson is the world’s bestselling author.
From all of us at the Los Angeles Public Library, at the Central Library, and the 72 branches, we are pleased to announce the best books of 2023 as selected by our staff, who volunteered their recommendations. Since 2011 LAPL Reads has been presenting these.
Emily Critchley has lived in Essex, Brighton, and London and now lives in Hertfordshire where she works as a librarian.
John Joseph Adams is the series editor of Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy
Season’s Readings everyone! As is generally true, there have been some marvelous books published in 2023, and I’m thrilled to share my favorites with you.
When a book is not a current bestseller or is an older book and suddenly receives a great deal of attention, people often want to know why.