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 Lepucki at the 2014 Texas Book Festival | |
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| Alma mater | Oberlin College Iowa Writers' Workshop |
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Edan Lepucki is an American novelist notable for her debut novel, California , which rose to prominence as a result of a public dispute between comedian Stephen Colbert and online publisher Amazon. [1]
Edan Lepucki grew up in Los Angeles, California and graduated from Oberlin College and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. [1]
Lepucki's debut novel, California , rose to prominence as a result of a public dispute between comedian Stephen Colbert and online publisher Amazon, [1] which arose when Colbert urged his viewers on two successive nights of his talk show to pre-order copies of the novel from his own publisher, the Hachette Book Group.
The novel was subsequently reviewed by national newspapers including The Boston Globe , The Washington Post , The New York Times [1] the Los Angeles Times , and others. [2] The New York Times suggested Lepucki had, in effect, "won the literary Lotto". [1] The San Jose Mercury News described Lepucki as a "terrific writer." [3] According to one report, Lepucki signed 10,000 copies of her novel over the span of three days. [4] Lepucki is an instructor with the UCLA Extension Writers' Program. [5] Her fiction has appeared in McSweeney's, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Narrative Magazine, Meridian and elsewhere. [5]
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