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Marisa Silver

Biography

Marisa Silver

Marisa Silver is the author of the novels THE MYSTERIES; LITTLE NOTHING; MARY COIN, a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Southern California Independent Bookseller’s Award; THE GOD OF WAR, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction; and NO DIRECTION HOME.

Her first collection of short stories, BABE IN PARADISE, was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and was a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. When her second collection, ALONE WITH YOU, was published, The New York Times called her “one of California’s most celebrated contemporary writers.” Her fiction has been included in The Best American Short Stories and The O. Henry Prize Stories, as well as other anthologies.

She is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Cullman Center for Scholars and writers. She lives in Los Angeles. AT LAST is her most recent novel.

Marisa Silver

Books by Marisa Silver

by Marisa Silver - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction

Set in mid-century America, AT LAST explores a rich family saga centered on two fierce and competitive matriarchs whose intertwined lives reflect the complexities of family, tradition and personal ambition.