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Diane Cook is the author of the novel, THE NEW WILDERNESS, which was longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, and the story collection, MAN V. NATURE, which was a finalist for the Guardian First Book Award, the Believer Book Award, The Pen/Hemingway Award, and the Los Angeles Times Award for First Fiction. Her writing has appeared in Harper’s, Tin House, Granta, and other publications, and her stories have been included in the anthologies Best American Short Stories and The O. Henry Prize Stories. She is a former producer for the radio program This American Life, and was the recipient of a 2016 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband, daughter and son.
 

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   The New Wilderness (2020)
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Collections
   Man V. Nature (2014)
   Moving On (2015)
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Hot Springs Drive (2023)
Lindsay Hunter
"Hot Springs Drive is a sneak attack. It has everything you could want in a book, delivered when you least expect it. Truly ugly and beautiful humanity. Electrifying chemistry in heartbreaking places. Hope when it seems all hope is lost. And mystery that goes way beyond a simple whodunnit. I'm in awe of the lives that Hunter has conjured in these pages. I mourn their lost innocence, and I ache for them now that I've reached the last page. The only balm is to read it again."
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Terrace Story (2023)
Hilary Leichter
"Truly brilliant and profound. There's magic between these covers. Leichter is the master of creating a mood and a world that is both breezy and earth-shattering. I felt changed by this book. Every page is revelatory and left me happily breathless, and the story broke my heart in the best way. I thank the literary heavens for Terrace Story."
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Mobility (2023)
Lydia Kiesling
"Utterly absorbing and revelatory about the small, personal parts we play in a world we cannot comprehend. Mobility is a meticulously built stage for Kiesling's perfectly drawn, wonderfully flawed characters to stumble across. I always see parts of myself in the pages of Kiesling's books - the lesser angels I'm eager to hide away - and I feel less alone because of it."

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Anthologies containing stories by Diane Cook
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The Best American Short Stories 2015 (2015)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
T C Boyle
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Choose Wisely (2015)
35 Women Up To No Good
edited by
Joanne Merriam and H L Nelson

Awards
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2020) : The New Wilderness


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