Dears, In all the madness of Brain in a Jar being published and traveling the East Coast, I forgot (not an Alzheimer’s related slip) to tell you that the book has been nominated for a National Book Award! The day Brain in a Jar came off the presses, Broadstone Books immediately filed the paperwork. It’s…
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Elvis and Me
Dears, I really love this: Publisher’s Weekly has announced the sale of BIAJ to Fingerprint Press in India. As if that wasn’t cool enough, my sale followed the sale of Elvis Costello’s memoir to Holland. One of my favorite songs of all time is Costello’s “Veronica,” which was inspired by his grandmother’s battle with Alzheimer’s…
Hooray for Bollywood!
Dears, Big news! Great news! Brain in a Jar publishing rights for the Indian Subcontinent have been sold to Fingerprint Press in Delhi. What does that mean, exactly, you ask? Here, I translate: BIAJ will come out in the English Language, in paperback, for audiences in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Myanmar, Bhutan,…