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The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss

The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss

by John E. Boyd

David Liss is the author of A Spectacle of Corruption, A Conspiracy of Paper (winner of the 2000 Edgar Award for Best First Novel), and The Ethical Assassin. He has a graduate degree in English literature from Columbia University, as well as an M.A. from Georgia State University and a B.S. from Syracuse University. He lives in San Antonio with his wife and daughter.

The Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles

The Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles

by Pat Dole

Frances de Pontes Peebles was born in Pernambuco, Brazil. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she has received several awards, including Brazil's Sacatar Artist's Fellowship and the Michener-Copernicus Society of America Award. Her short stories have appeared in Zoetrope: All-Story, the Indiana Review, the Missouri Review, and the O. Henry Prize Story Collection 2005.

Telex From Cuba by Rachel Kushner

Telex From Cuba by Rachel Kushner

by Nola Theiss

Fri, Mar 27, 2009

Rachel Kushner was an editor at Grand Street and Bomb and now coedits Soft Targets. A frequent contributor to Artforum, she has a BA from the University of California at Berkeley and an MFA from Columbia University. She lives in Los Angeles.

The Virgin Queen's Daughter by Ella March Chase

The Virgin Queen's Daughter by Ella March Chase

by Francine Levitov

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

ELLA MARCH CHASE lives in Moline, Illinois.

Sweetsmoke by David Fuller

Sweetsmoke by David Fuller

by Nancy Chaplin

Mon, Mar 02, 2009

David Fuller has been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. He spent eight years researching Sweetsmoke, his first novel, and along the way discovered that he had ancestors who fought on both sides of the Civil War. Fuller lives in Los Angeles with his wife and twin sons.