Sanaë Lemoine was born in Paris to a Japanese mother and French father, and raised in France and Australia. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her MFA at Columbia University. She now lives in New York.
The Old Fire (2026) Elisa Shua Dusapin "The Old Fire traces the silences within a family, alongside the muscle memory of childhood intimacy and our attempts to break through loneliness when words fail us. Elisa Shua Dusapin observes her characters with anthropological curiosity and great sensitivity. Her wisdom will astound you."
Early Thirties (2025) Josh Duboff "I stayed up late finishing Early Thirties, drawn in by its delightful humor, only to be utterly floored by an expansive story of loneliness and connection. Josh Duboff is a wildly entertaining and prescient novelist who has written a page-turner that captures the singular tenderness of friendship."
Ellipses (2024) Vanessa Lawrence "Wildly entertaining and sharply observed, Ellipses is an astonishing and riveting debut novel. Vanessa Lawrence astutely portrays a young woman's journey of survival in the magazine industry--and New York City--as she navigates the shifting power dynamics among women and charts her own path."
The Applicant (2023) Nazli Koca "Nazli Koca has the rare gift of making you laugh and weep within a page. Bold and original, the writing pulses with techno, soap operas, and late-night banter. But like the silence between two beats, its profound wisdom and unbearable tenderness reverberate. Quietly devastating, The Applicant left me with the most wonderful ache."
Ghost Music (2022) An Yu "Enthralling and elegant, Ghost Music conjures a world I have never seen before: dreamlike, mysterious, suspenseful in the secrets it reveals, while always being grounded in the sensory. The narrator's wise sensibility drew me in, but I stayed for the sentences--each one more astonishing than the next, they revealed an extraordinary depth of feeling. Like a Ryuichi Sakamoto composition, this novel casts a haunting spell."
Little Rabbit (2022) Alyssa Songsiridej "Little Rabbit turned me inside out and left me utterly in awe. This daring exploration of the boundaries between desire and obliteration will have you asking who is in control. A fearless portrayal of a young writer shaping her life and art, even as they collide."
All the Things We Don't Talk About (2022) Amy Feltman "All the Things We Don't Talk About is a deeply moving, intimate family saga, and one of those rare novels that is attuned to the smallest shifts within each character. Amy Feltman is a master storyteller and keeps us on our toes until the very end."
Acts of Service (2022) Lillian Fishman "I cannot recall the last time I felt this exhilarated and transformed by a novel. Acts of Service electrified both my mind and body. How can a story feel so smart and carnal at once? Lillian Fishman writes exquisitely about desire, pleasure, life with shattering clarity."
Geography of an Adultery (2022) Agnès Riva "Agnes Riva masterfully charts the dangerous contours of an illicit affair in this taut, thrilling novel. Geography of an Adultery examines intimacy and performance, solitude and freedom, and the porosity between self, space, and other."
Repentance (2021) Eloísa Díaz "An accomplished, inventive detective novel thrumming with tension, family secrets, and the trauma of a violent military dictatorship. Repentance is both a riveting noir and a moving exploration of one man's search to repair the past."
