Jess Walter is the author of five novels, including The Zero, a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award and Citizen Vince, winner of the 2005 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best novel. He has been a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize and the PEN USA Literary Prize in both fiction and nonfiction. His books have been New York Times, Washington Post and NPR best books of the year and have been translated into twenty languages.




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COMING IN SEPTEMBER, 2009

a new novel:

The Financial Lives of the Poets


UPCOMING EVENTS


AUGUST 7,8 -- TACOMA
Reading, lecture, Pacific Lutheran University

SEPTEMBER 5 -- SEATTLE
Bumbershoot Festival 3:30 p.m.
Leo K Theatre

SEPTEMBER 23 -- SPOKANE
Aunties Books, 7:30 p.m.

OCTOBER 10 - SAN FRANCISCO
Litquake Festival

OCTOBER 21-25 -- SAN FRANCISCO
Tomales Bay Writers Conference

OCTOBER 26 -- CORTE MADERA, CA
Book Passage

PRAISE FOR THE ZERO

"'The Zero' could end up as the 'Catch 22' of 9/11 ... (with) its brilliant ironies, its deadpan truths, its insider smarts and its everyguy hero ... (Walter) elevates 'The Zero' above mere satire to Kafkaesque parable." -- THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

"Walter is a gifted writer with unusual breadth. And among the already proliferating and formulaic body of film and fiction grappling with Sept. 11, 'The Zero' is a standout." -- THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

"Stunning and provocative ... exquisitely written ... 'The Zero' is by turns heartbreaking and deadpan funny." -- THE SEATTLE TIMES

"… a noir page-turner with powerful social commentary ... full of dead-on insights into our culture ... nails our often surreal post-9/11 world." -- WASHINGTON POST BOOKWORLD

"Mr. Walter (is) a ridiculously talented writer ... The best of 'The Zero' breathes life into the author’s idea of post-9/11 life as a fever dream for its characters." NEW YORK TIMES

"Walter has created a satire/tragedy that Franz Kafka and Kurt Vonnegut Jr. might appreciate … a dark allegory about the attack, the aftermath, and what has happened to America." USA TODAY

PRAISE FOR CITIZEN VINCE

"Utterly inventive ... excruciatingly breathless ... you just have to read it." WASHINGTON POST

"It's been a long time since I've read a book as compulsively, indeed greedily, as I read Citizen Vince." RICHARD RUSSO

"Wonderfully written ... hard to forget." LOS ANGELES TIMES

"Citizen Vince is fast, tough, thoughtful and funny. I loved this novel." NICK HORNBY

Books

Fiction
The Zero (2006)
"A brilliant tour de force." KIRKUS REVIEWS
Citizen Vince (2005)
"Immensely entertaining." CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Land of the Blind (2003)
"Funny, philosophical and original." THE LONDON TIMES
Over Tumbled Graves (2001)
"Riveting ... outstanding ... tremendous emotional impact." WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
Nonfiction
Every Knee Shall Bow (1995 re-released in 2002 as Ruby Ridge)
"A stunning job of reporting." -- NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
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