I’m delighted that Oh William! made the shortlist for this year’s Booker Prize. It's an honor to be part of this community of readers and writers.
NYT: At 66, Elizabeth Strout Has Reached Maximum Productivity
Erik Tanner for The New York Times
“‘I’ve taught myself how to get these sentences down, how to know when they’re worth getting down,’ said Strout, 66. ‘It’s like I’ve been training for a marathon my entire life and now there’s an acceleration happening.’”
Elisabeth Egan, “At 66, Elizabeth Strout Has Reached Maximum Productivity,” New York Times, Sept. 3, 2022.OH WILLIAM! on the Longlist for the Booker Prize
“No-one writes interior life as Strout does. This is meticulous observed writing, full of probing psychological insight. Lucy Barton is one of literature’s immortal characters – brittle, damaged, unravelling, vulnerable and most of all, ordinary, like us all.”
Lovely to find OH WILLIAM! on the longlist for the Booker Prize! Many thanks to the judges for their kind words and congratulations to the other nominees.
LitHub: Cover Reveal: Elizabeth Strout’s Lucy by the Sea.
I’m delighted to share the cover of my forthcoming book, Lucy by the Sea! It was designed by Anna Kochman and Greg Mollica, with art by Jeremy Miranda.
As I told LitHub, I think it’s gorgeous and captures the fear and the exhilaration of all that happens in this book.
Lucy by the Sea will be on sale from Random House on September 20th, 2022. You can preorder it now.
“Exclusive cover reveal: Elizabeth Strout’s Lucy by the Sea,” LitHub, March 22, 2022.FT Magazine: Elizabeth Strout on Judith Joy Ross’s ‘breathtaking’ photography
“What a thing! To see with our own eyes into the honest self of another!”
Elizabeth Strout, “Elizabeth Strout on Judith Joy Ross’s ‘breathtaking’ photography,” FT Magazine, March 11, 2022.