Amanda Okopski
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
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."
The Anatomy of Dreams (2014)
Chloe Benjamin
"A vibrant, ambitious novel that wrestles with the big complexities of early adulthood—the impossibility of fully knowing a partner, the quixotic desire for meaningful work, and the surprisingly sudden nature of obsession. Chloe Benjamin’s impressive debut shimmers and surprises with its wonderfully original fusion of compelling quirk and surreal mystery."
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