Gabrielle Zevin
This goo was worth a point in June 2023.
publication date: Tuesday, May 30, 2023 (part of June 2023)
category: 
Literature
clue: For a career novelist who is being mistakenly praised for her smash-hit "debut" novel about video game developers, it must be strange that her two previous best-known books were about the narrow taste of a bookstore owner and a girl counting down to her own rebirth.
explanation: In 2022, Zevin's tenth novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow about game developers became a hit and earned her praise for a "debut" that wasn't one. She also wrote The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry and Elsewhere. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, and Samir Mehta
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