Jeff Wallach's Blog

“Jeff Wallach is a prodigiously gifted writer—insightful, funny, and always surprising. Mr. Wizard twists and turns like a double helix. When you finish, you’ll want to go back to the very first page and experience it all over again, just to see how Wallach pulled it off.”

--Terri Cheney, author of New York Times bestseller, Manic: A Memoir

Jeff Wallach’s novel is about two brothers on a search for their biological father after the unexpected death of their globe-trotting and colorful mother invites such an investigation. They find answers on an Irish golf course and in a familiar Long Island neighborhood. The writing is knowing and engaging, wise about its cultural orientations, and driven to discoveries both reassuring and life-enhancing.

-- Michael Curtis, Fiction Editor Emeritus, The Atlantic

After 35 years as a fiction writer and a long detour into journalism I couldn't be happier to announce that my first novel, Mr. Wizard, will be published in April 2020 by Open Books.