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Read more: 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…
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My Boston-area Indie Bookshop Tour!
Read more: 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…
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On Josef Zedlacher
Read more: On Josef ZedlacherJosef’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…
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The Expert of Subtle Revisions on the East Coast
Read more: The Expert of Subtle Revisions on the East CoastGreetings 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…
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The Inspiration for THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS
Read more: The Inspiration for THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONSI 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…
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Thanks to our Public Libraries and a piece about Our Right to Read
Read more: Thanks to our Public Libraries and a piece about Our Right to ReadI went to two public libraries last weekend and enjoyed some really amazing public programs: Night of Ideas at the SF Public Library and the Foster Youth Museum – Lost Childhoods Exhibit at the Redwood City Public Library. Then I…
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Interviews, Under Cover Book Clubs, and more! This week in the public life of THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS
Read more: Interviews, Under Cover Book Clubs, and more! This week in the public life of THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONSHello! 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,…
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Many thanks to early readers & reviewers!
Read more: 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…
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The Expert of Subtle Revisions is Out Today!
Read more: 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,…
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The Expert of Subtle Revisions reviewed in the LA Times! And other news
Read more: The Expert of Subtle Revisions reviewed in the LA Times! And other newsThrilled 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…