Literary Death Match Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Literary Death Match

Judging "Intangibles": Jonathan Ames, author of 10 novels, including The Extra Man, You Were Never Really Here (adapted into the acclaimed film starring @JoaqPhoenix), and the all-new The Wheel of Doll. He's the creator of @@BluntTalk_STARZ and @HBO's Bored to Death. https://t.co/vCHAPHx6AI

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Judging "Performance": Saeed Jones (@theferocity), author of How We Fight for Our Lives, winner of @KirkusPrize for Nonfiction; poetry collection Prelude to a Bruise, winner of @PENamerica/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry. His latest, Alive at the End of the World, is out now! https://t.co/HaCmf8dbnm

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Also in Round 2: @yaffa_santos, author of the all-new A Touch of Moonlight and A Taste Of Sage, winner of an International Latino Book Award and named an #IndieNext List and an Amazon Editor’s Pick https://t.co/sBxHyvnsQk

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TOMORROW: @TheBookerPrizes-winning Thomas Keneally (author of Schindler’s Ark that became the film Schindler’s List) judges Literary Death Match and we are over the moon about it. We’ll see you there, right? https://t.co/332KASltMk

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Also in Round 1: @RonAAustin4, author of Avery Colt Is a Snake, a Thief, a Liar, a collection of linked stories that won the 2017 Nilsen Prize; a 2019 @ForewordReviews INDIES GOLD Award; and was nom'd for the @PENamerica Robert W. Bingham Prize & 2020 @HurstonWright Legacy Award https://t.co/Ds4vPV6nUM

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Next: Sam Greenlee's The Spook Who Sat by the Door (with a foreword from Natiki Hope Pressley). Read Greenlee's obit here: https://t.co/10iNXz2Htc https://t.co/hfoYnCDTwa

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Also in Round 1: @Gabino_Iglesias, author of the critically-acclaimed & award-winning novels Zero Saints and Coyote Songs and the all-new The Devil Takes You Home. He’s a member of @HorrorWriters Association, the Mystery Writers of America & the National @bookcritics Circle https://t.co/PIQgEl2lrd

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@WritesFiona The Power by Naomi Alderman. Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell.

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@WritesFiona Oh! And Kate Folk’s Out There. Sooooooo good.

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Also in Round 1: @Gabino_Iglesias, author of the critically-acclaimed & award-winning novels Zero Saints and Coyote Songs and the all-new The Devil Takes You Home. He’s a member of @HorrorWriters Association, the Mystery Writers of America & the National @bookcritics Circle https://t.co/PIQgEl2lrd