Category: The Expert of Subtle Revisions
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Wrapping up the year: Thank you for reading and recommending The Expert of Subtle Revisions!
The holidays have arrived and with them the end of 2025 and the year that The Expert of Subtle Revisions arrived. I made a year-in-review video that features some of the year’s highlights–from appearing among NPR’s 2025 Books We Love, to launch events, reviews, panels and other photos. This month, I was thrilled to see…
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The Expert of Subtle Revisions is one of NPR’s 2025 Books We Love!
I was thrilled to discover THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS on NPR’s 2025 Books We Love, where it was tagged as a Book Club Idea, Rather Short, Historical Fiction, Mysteries & Thriller, and Tales From Around the World. Writer and critic Ilana Masad (whose novel Beings just came out this fall) writes: “History, Hase knows…
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Fall Adventures with The Expert of Subtle Revisions
Greetings from San Francisco! Today, I was thrilled and grateful to discover that Walter Cummins reviewed THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS for The California Review of Books: “Menger-Anderson’s success for readers, beyond her strengths in creating people and realities, depends on winning over their credulity to accept varying identities, the musical essence of human lives,…
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From Wikipedia to Spotify, the Latest Adventures of THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS
Hello! Hard to believe that September has arrived, but so it has. I hope you had a good summer! Since last I wrote, THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS has found a home on Wikipedia, which now has a page dedicated to the novel, as well as on Spotify, where it served as the inspiration for…
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Summer Adventures with The Expert of Subtle Revisions
Happy July! I was thrilled to find The Expert of Subtle Revisions at Bookshop Santa Cruz last weekend when I visited. As a Santa Cruz native, I visited that bookshop before I could even walk! I don’t live in Santa Cruz any more, but I’m happy my book is there. I was also really happy…
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Story is the Thing, The Expert of Subtle Revisions, and More from around the Web
Hello! Hope July is off to a good start for you! I’m looking forward to reading later this month at Kepler’s signature reading series, Story is the Thing, with Kyle Edwards, Kate Folk, Beena Kamlani, and J. E. Weiner. Reception starts at 6:30 and readings begin at 7:00. (Fun fact: Beena Kamlani and I have…
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The Vienna Circle and The Expert of Subtle Revisions
The library in Vienna’s Rathaus–the city’s famous Town Hall–is currently hosting an exhibition on the history of the Vienna Circle, which is not only fascinating, but was an inspiration for my novel, THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS. The Vienna Circle, known for its scientific world view, met on Thursdays at the University of Vienna until…
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The Expert of Subtle Revisions: Summer Solstice Report
Happy summer solstice! Since last I wrote, I’ve become one of the over ten thousand writers in the Poets and Writers’ Directory! I’ve subscribed to the magazine for years, so it’s extra nice to be listed with my fellow writers. I was also really excited to see The Expert of Subtle Revisions get some love…
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Happy Birthday Egon Schiele!
Happy birthday to Egon Schiele, born on the 12th of June 1890 in Tullin (about 20 miles west of Vienna). I’ve always loved his paintings and was thrilled when one was used on the cover of my novel THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS. Coincidentally, my character Hase’s birthday falls just one day before the artist’s, on…
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Bookshops, book lists and The Expert of Subtle Revisions
This weekend I had a chance to hold THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS in City Lights and point to City Lights in THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS! San Francisco is so lucky to have this shop, and if you’re in North Beach, you can now find signed copies of my novel there! I was also…