Amanda Okopski
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Dean Bakopoulos was born in Dearborn Heights, Michigan on July 6, 1975 to a Ukrainian mother and a Greek father. A child of immigrants, he grew up speaking both Ukrainian and English, was shy to the point of psychosis, and avoided group gatherings and rarely left his mother's side.
Genres: General Fiction
Dean Bakopoulos recommends
Crown (2025)
Evanthia Bromiley
"Here is a writer who clearly has studied many great novels and then emerged with a voice wholly her own; a voice that shimmers with the kind of verve and light that arrives when a writer finds her true subject, then fearlessly accepts the challenge of writing about it."
The Hive (2021)
Melissa Scholes Young
"There may be no person more fatalistic than the child of a small business owner in rural America-your destiny sits down to dinner with you every night. In The Hive, the kind of authentic and deeply felt novel that could only be crafted from personal experience, the Fehler sisters grapple with grief, regret, and their mother's secrets as they reel from the sudden death of their father, a successful small-town exterminator, and his surprise plan of succession. As so often happens in the contemporary Midwest, the family's internal struggles become enmeshed in the deepening political divide around them, as Melissa Scholes Young gracefully and compassionately captures the moving story of four young women seeking out their own independence while drawn, inexorably, back, and back again, into the family business."
The Underworld (2017)
Kevin Canty
"Epic and intimate, this exquisitely sculpted novel is haunted by collective grief - not only the soul-damage it inflicts on a place but also the way it can lead us to unexpected redemption and new kinds of love."
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