I sold my book!

Loyal readers and looky-loos, I've got a happy piece of news. My first novel, The Interloper, is going to be published by Other Press / Handsel Books!

As far as I can tell, it's going to hit the shelves in 2007, so start stockpiling your nickels and dimes, kids. More to come as things develop. Maybe even an author photo poll. (Speedos in the hot tub or a kilt in the library?) In the meanwhile, here's a few words about Handsel Books:

Handsel Books publishes poetry, fiction, drama, and literary criticism distinguished by originality, craftsmanship, and, to borrow words from Seamus Heaney's Nobel lecture, "the power to remind us that we are hunters and gatherers of values."

And praise from Robert Pinsky:

"Edward Thomas's poetry with Introduction by Peter Sacks, Leslie Epstein's 'Novel from Memory,' Stanley Plumly's essays--all beautifully designed and bound: Handsel Books fulfills my ideal of what a literary publisher should be, a purveyor of excellence."

Word up, Bob.