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Edan Lepucki

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Edan Lepucki is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels California and Woman No. 17. Her new novel, Time's Mouth, was published August 1, 2023.

Edan is also the editor of Mothers Before: Stories and Portraits of Our Mothers as We Never Saw Them. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in Esquire, The Cut, McSweeney's, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times Magazine, among other publications. She was the guest editor of Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019.

She likes taking baths, reading, and filling out forms.
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Edan Lepucki It felt...incredible, surreal, weird, wonderful, amazing! My husband and I were squealing and then speechless, squealing and then speechless. I am inc…moreIt felt...incredible, surreal, weird, wonderful, amazing! My husband and I were squealing and then speechless, squealing and then speechless. I am incredibly grateful to Sherman Alexie for choosing to talk about my book out of all the books affected by the Hachette-Amazon dispute. And, wow, Colbert--thank you for the bump!
I am proud and excited to be a #1 bestseller at Powell's. I visited the store for the first time last fall and bought a dozen books and basically just wandered around in awe. Powell's! Me! Together! I think my face just melted off.(less)
Edan Lepucki Thanks--I am excited because I was a write-in nominee! If I win, I will probably run down the street naked with an open bottle of champagne screaming,…moreThanks--I am excited because I was a write-in nominee! If I win, I will probably run down the street naked with an open bottle of champagne screaming, "I am triumphant! I am triumphant!" That's the only proper way to celebrate such success, right?(less)
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California

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Woman No. 17

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“The ending changes everything that came before it.”
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“Time moved forward, but the mind was restless and stubborn, and it skipped to wherever it pleased, often to the past: backward, always backward.”
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“Men were stupid to forget what good sleuths women could be.”
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Joshlynn So many baby books. You'll be prepared.


message 5: by Edan

Edan Josh wrote: "Hey Edan. Hope it's alright if I added "I'm married. And pregnant." to your quotes. If not, I'll take it down. Love ya :)"

Of course! Ha!


Joshlynn Hey Edan. Hope it's alright if I added "I'm married. And pregnant." to your quotes. If not, I'll take it down. Love ya :)


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Edan I've been to Walden Pond in the past, Donald, but that time around I just stopped to pose with these dogs, who were hanging out on the sidewalk, leashless and lovely. Their owner told me they were brothers.

Omar doesn't know a thing about this photo, Robert, so keep your mouth shut! When he's jealous his ears droop, and it's pathetic, and none of us can handle it.


message 2: by Ken (last edited Aug 25, 2016 12:42PM)

Ken Baumann I'm very glad we agree on A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and that Chabon thing.

When I read those books, I feel like I need to buy a used bike and move to Brooklyn and wear old sweaters and listen to The Klaxons.


message 1: by Edan (last edited Aug 25, 2016 11:51AM)

Edan Awww...you guys are the best! It's not that I'm a good writing teacher, but that you guys are such wonderful writing students.
Also
I will return from Squaw Valley with all kinds of new ass-kicking teaching skillz.


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