Wall Street Journal (may be behind paywall)
Novelist Jennifer Egan’s New Experiment
PW Profile by the extremely lovely Suzanne Fox
MANHATTAN BEACH on National Book Award Longlist!!
****COMING SOON…NEW WEBSITE!!****
My remarkable website designers, Noah Scalin and Spencer Hansen, are working on a total redesign to accompany my new novel, MANHATTAN BEACH. It will be artful, playful, and will also link to an archived version of the present website, which I would never want to lose.
October 2017: Jennifer Egan to publish new novel, MANHATTAN BEACH with Scribner!!
TODAY SHOW recommendation here.
Starred Booklist review here.
Starred Kirkus review here.
Starred Publishers Weekly Review here.
Scribner Press Release here.
Entertainment Weekly article here.
Bookseller article here.
May/June 2012: THE NEW YORKER serialized “Black Box,” Jennifer Egan’s short story, on Twitter
Tweeting happened from 8:00-9:00pm, from 5/24-6/2 @NYerFiction.
Jennifer Egan’s explanation of why and how she chose to write “Black Box” is here.
The story appeared in print in the NEW YORKER fiction issue–on stands Monday, May 28th.
May 2012: GOON SQUAD was one of 10 Finalists for the IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award
The 2012 list is here.
Dec, 2011: GOON SQUAD was second “most chosen” fiction in the UK for 2011
Read the Evening Standard article, or this one in Bookseller.com about how GOON SQUAD’s success has given a much deserved boost to its spectacular publisher, Constable & Robinson.
End-of-Year love for GOON SQUAD in 2011
Though it came out in 2010, GOON SQUAD still made some “Best of 2011” reading lists in North America: Newsweek/The Daily Beast, The Vancouver Sun, and the Atlantic Monthly.
Nov, 2011: GOON SQUAD Chosen as Amazon UK’s #2 Book of 2011
Nov, 2011: GOON SQUAD shortlisted for the 2011 Irish Book Awards
You can find the list here.
Nov, 2011: GOON SQUAD wins Galaxy National Book Award’s 2011 International Author of the Year Award
You can find the list here.
May 2011: GOON SQUAD Wins the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction!
Article here.
April 2011: GOON SQUAD wins the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction!
New "Special Edition" App (excluding the US and Canada) available for GOON SQUAD
It includes (in App language): full text and audiobook sync, exclusive chapter artwork, exclusive audio, video and author content, unique interactive reading navigation. It also includes the color version of the PowerPoint below (scroll down). Investigate it Here.
March 2011: A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD wins the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
March 2011: GOON SQUAD is a Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
You can find the list of finalists here.
GOON SQUAD makes some superb "Best of" lists for 2010!!!
The New York Times Book Review-Top Ten
NPR-Lynn Neary’s Favorite Book of 2010
The Week-Top Five most critically acclaimed novels of 2010
Ron Charles-Top Five
NPR-Pankaj Mishra’s Five Favorite Fictions of 2010
Laura Miller for Salon.com-Top Five
EMusic-#1 Audiobook of 2010
Booklist-#1 Fiction
Miami Herald-Top Six
Boston Globe-Top Twelve Fiction
San Francisco Chronicle-Top Ten
WNYC Soundcheck-Top Five Books About Music
Seattle Times-Top Eleven Fiction
Great Rock and Roll Pauses
Great Rock and Roll Pauses by Alison Blake
Some slides have audio. Be sure your speakers are on and “play” button is activated to hear it.
8-Tracks Playlist
Listen to a playlist for A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD on 8-Tracks here.