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  • The Expert of Subtle Revisions in Vienna and the Historical Novels Review

    May 4, 2025

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    by Kirsten

    in The Expert of Subtle Revisions

    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!

    Apr 30, 2025

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    by Kirsten

    in The Expert of Subtle Revisions

    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

    Apr 28, 2025

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    by Kirsten

    in The Expert of Subtle Revisions

    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…

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  • The Expert of Subtle Revisions on the East Coast

    Apr 26, 2025

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    by Kirsten

    in The Expert of Subtle Revisions

    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…

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  • The Inspiration for THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS

    Apr 9, 2025

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    by Kirsten

    in 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…

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  • Thanks to our Public Libraries and a piece about Our Right to Read

    Apr 7, 2025

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    by Kirsten

    in Writings

    I 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

    Apr 4, 2025

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    by Kirsten

    in 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,…

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  • Many thanks to early readers & reviewers!

    Mar 29, 2025

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    by Kirsten

    in The Expert of Subtle Revisions

    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!

    Mar 18, 2025

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    by Kirsten

    in The Expert of Subtle Revisions

    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

    Mar 17, 2025

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    by Kirsten

    in The Expert of Subtle Revisions

    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…

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Kirsten Menger-Anderson is the author of The Expert of Subtle Revisions (Crown, 2025) an NPR Book of the Year, and Doctor Olaf van Schuler’s Brain, a collection of linked short stories that was a finalist for the Northern California Book Award in fiction. She lives in San Francisco with her family.


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