Daniel Handler

In *The Reel Life of Zara Kegg*, novelist Brad Barkley tells the story of 16-year-old Zara Kegg who is still grieving the loss of her mother three years after her death. Her dad decides to move them back to his hometown of Carolina Beach, North Carolina, where she gets a job as a projectionist at a…

In *Death of the Soccer God*, novelist and former advisor to the United Nations Dimitry Elias Léger presents his second novel that centers around a talented Haitian soccer player named Gilbert "Gil" Chevalier who leaves his country to study at Columbia University in New York City. While playing soc…

In *What They Stole: A Familicide Rooted in Intercountry Adoption,* creative and freelance writer Paige Towers tells the story of the Sueppel family and explores how their tragedy connects to the larger history of intercountry adoption in South Korea. Back in 2007, Steven Sueppel was the vice presi…

In *The Many Lives of Anne Frank*, book critic and former editor at *The New Republic*, Ruth Frank takes readers into Anne Frank's life from her childhood to her time in the concentration camps, and also explores the story behind the creation of her famous diary. What many may not realize is that t…