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Edan Lepucki

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in Los Angeles, CA, The United States

https://www.goodreads.com/edan

Edan Lepucki is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels California and Woman No. 17. Her new novel, Time's Mouth, was published August 1, 2023.

Edan is also the editor of Mothers Before: Stories and Portraits of Our Mothers as We Never Saw Them. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in Esquire, The Cut, McSweeney's, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times Magazine, among other publications. She was the guest editor of Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019.

She likes taking baths, reading, and filling out forms.

Edan Lepucki is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels California and Woman No. 17. Her new novel, Time's Mouth, was published August 1, 2023.

Edan is also the editor of Mothers Before: Stories and Portraits of Our Mothers as We Never Saw Them. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in Esquire, The Cut, McSweeney's, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times Magazine, among other publications. She was the guest editor of Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019.

She likes taking baths, reading, and filling out forms.

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Edan Lepucki It felt...incredible, surreal, weird, wonderful, amazing! My husband and I were squealing and then speechless, squealing and then speechless. I am inc…moreIt felt...incredible, surreal, weird, wonderful, amazing! My husband and I were squealing and then speechless, squealing and then speechless. I am incredibly grateful to Sherman Alexie for choosing to talk about my book out of all the books affected by the Hachette-Amazon dispute. And, wow, Colbert--thank you for the bump!
I am proud and excited to be a #1 bestseller at Powell's. I visited the store for the first time last fall and bought a dozen books and basically just wandered around in awe. Powell's! Me! Together! I think my face just melted off.(less)

Edan Lepucki Thanks--I am excited because I was a write-in nominee! If I win, I will probably run down the street naked with an open bottle of champagne screaming,…moreThanks--I am excited because I was a write-in nominee! If I win, I will probably run down the street naked with an open bottle of champagne screaming, "I am triumphant! I am triumphant!" That's the only proper way to celebrate such success, right?(less)

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**Edan**and 2 other people likedKenshata Watkins's reviewofTime's Mouth: Time's Mouth by Edan Lepucki "Holy shit. I. Was. Not. Ready. Don’t come to this book not ready to face your shit. If you read this book and somehow don’t get something you can use from it then.. I don’t know. Just read this. But be ready to do the work. Life ain’t no crystal stai"Read more of this review »
Aug 27, 2024 10:01AM · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview ofTime's Mouth by Edan Lepucki. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Time's Mouth by Edan Lepucki
Edan made a comment onher reviewofTime's Mouth Time's Mouth by Edan Lepucki "_Jodi wrote: "And it is a really lovely book that I will be recommending to others!"_Thank you so much! _Jodi wrote: "And it is a really lovely book that I will be recommending to others!"_Thank you so much! ...more"
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**Edan**and 2 other people likedMark's reviewofPerfume & Pain: Perfume & Pain by Anna Dorn "Anna Dorn writes about Los Angeles and Angelenos better than anyone I've read. Sharply observed, mordantly funny, caustic and compelling. And who doesn't like a love story?"
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**Edan**likedMarion's reviewofTime's Mouth: Time's Mouth by Edan Lepucki "A wonderfully complex vision of the temptations to escape and the effects of those who do. Detailed and engrossing, and a gift to anyone familiar to Los Angeles. "
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Edan made a comment onAlly’s reviewofTime's Mouth Time's Mouth by Edan Lepucki "You KNOW I appreciate this objectivity! xoxo"
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**Edan**and 4 other people likedAlly's reviewofTime's Mouth: Time's Mouth by Edan Lepucki "Closer to 4 1/2 stars. Full disclosure. I’m friends with the author. I am also objective. This is her third novel, and definitely her best. This is not a knock on the other two, it’s just that this one is that good. Right from the start, I was comple"Read more of this review »
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This is my second Megan Abbott and I'm such a fan....I am now looking forward to reading her earlier novels! The Fever is riveting, taut, expertly plotted and marvelously told. I love narratives about the dark, swampy inner lives and social politics This is my second Megan Abbott and I'm such a fan....I am now looking forward to reading her earlier novels! The Fever is riveting, taut, expertly plotted and marvelously told. I love narratives about the dark, swampy inner lives and social politics of teenage girls and Abbott depicts such things with athletic prose that has just the right amount of poetic, sexy tang. I'm planning on interviewing her for The Millions, so stay tuned. To prepare before The Fever comes out, read (or re-read) her teenage cheerleading novel Dare Me. ...more
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This book was very informative and well-balanced regarding the different types of maternity and labor care for women. A lot of fun facts about fetuses and such. Someone MUST write a historical novel about the first doctor to perform c-sections!
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It's all about page 158, folks. It's all about page 158, folks. ...more
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“Time moved forward, but the mind was restless and stubborn, and it skipped to wherever it pleased, often to the past: backward, always backward.”
― Edan Lepucki, California

“Men were stupid to forget what good sleuths women could be.”
― Edan Lepucki, California

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