Category: The Expert of Subtle Revisions
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The Expert of Subtle Revisions in Vienna and the Historical Novels Review
This week the much anticipate photograph arrived: The Expert of Subtle Revisions by Kirsten Menger-Anderson with Seated Woman with Bent Knees by Egon Schiele, taken by photographer Elisabeth Preininger, Vienna, Austria. Elisabeth Preininger and I met on Mastodon when I searched for a Vienna-based photographer willing to take a photograph of my book and the…
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My Boston-area Indie Bookshop Tour!
To celebrate the launch of THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS, I made a trip up to Boston, where I visited my friend, author Daphne Kalotay, who led me on a whirlwind tour of the area’s gorgeous indie bookshops. I was blown away! So many wonderful shops, many with cafes and beautifully curated gift shops. I’m…
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On Josef Zedlacher
Josef’s story opens at the turn of the 20th century, but uses the present tense because what is right and what is just is an ongoing conversation, as relevant today as it was in Josef’s time. Is he mad? A criminal? A hero? His nature shifts depending on the political lens through which his actions…
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The Expert of Subtle Revisions on the East Coast
Greetings from Providence, RI where I had a chance to talk about THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS with writer and visual artist Tanya Young last night at Symposium Books. It was a great conversation and a full house! And a nice way to ring in Independent Bookstore Day, which is today. I came to Providence…
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The Inspiration for THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS
I first became interested in 1930s Vienna when I read my grandfather’s memoir. Like Anton Moritz in my novel, my grandfather was a professor at the University of Vienna, and deeply affected by the social and political upheaval of the time. From him I learned about the violence and antisemitism at the university, the rising…
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Interviews, Under Cover Book Clubs, and more! This week in the public life of THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS
Hello! It’s been another busy week out here in San Francisco. I spoke to myself for this fun interview that you can now read over at Debutiful. I talk about the inspiration for my novel THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS, where I write, when I write best, how I found my agent, and more! Sharon…
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Many thanks to early readers & reviewers!
It’s hard to believe that THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS has been out for ten days! Many thanks to early readers and reviewers. I’m very happy that the book is now available and that readers are spending time with the characters! Here are a few highlights of early responses from around the web: From Strong…
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The Expert of Subtle Revisions is Out Today!
THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS is out today from Crown publishing! I’m thrilled to see the book out in the world and available to purchase at bookstores. I hope you enjoy spending time with the characters. After all these years, they feel like friends to me. Bay Area folks: I’ll be doing some local events…
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The Expert of Subtle Revisions reviewed in the LA Times! And other news
Thrilled to share that Ilana Masad reviewed The Expert of Subtle Revisions for the Los Angeles Times this week: “The Expert of Subtle Revisions” isn’t a political book, per se, nor is it moralizing. Menger-Anderson doesn’t overtly connect 1933 Vienna with the first and second Trump administrations in Hase’s near future. Instead, the plot follows…
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Expert is One of the Washington Post’s “10 Noteworthy Books for March” and other exciting news!
This week, the Washington Post selected THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS as one of ten noteworthy new books for March! They write: “Menger-Anderson’s intellectual time-travel mystery intertwines the fates of three characters and explores the scholarly movements that were targeted when fascism was on the rise in Austria.” The novel was also selected as a…