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Marisha Pessl

(b.1977)

Marisha Pessl was born in 1977 and lives in New York City.

Awards: ITW (2025) see all

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction

Novels

   Special Topics in Calamity Physics (2006)
   Night Film (2013)
   Neverworld Wake (2018)
   Darkly (2024)

Awards

2025 ITW Award for Best Young Adult Novel : Darkly

Award nominations

	2014 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Night Film
	2007 PEN/Hemingway Award (nominee) : Special Topics in Calamity Physics

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The Dreamers (2019)
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