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Welcome to Tom Wright's official website. Here you can find information about his published novel, other writing projects, his art, sculpture and photography, plus featured insights into his work as a psychologist, expert trial witness and public speaker.
We'll be adding interviews, tour dates, photo-ops, and his thoughts on working through nine publishing houses in eight countries.
You can purchase a novel, Tom's monograph and even some of his prints of paintings and drawings.
You are invited to sign-up for Tom's newsletter so you get the latest reviews, tour dates and publishing news; and, every subscriber has a chance to win a copy of Tom's beautiful monograph - just for signing up...
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Highlights will include:
New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice recipient (26VIII12)
Crime Writer's Association Dagger - New Writer category (24VIII12)
Wall Street Journal article - Making the Inside the Beltway List (26XII12)
Book Covers - What dies in Summer
AUSTRALIA | Book Cover
New Novel: Published May 2012
Publishers, to date:
UK - Canongate
USA - Norton
Australia - Text
Italy - Piemme
Netherlands - Ambos Anthos
Spain - Duomo
Catalan - Eugenia
France - Presses de la Cite
Portgual - Bertrand
Synopsis:
"A riveting Southern Gothic coming-of-age debut by a major talent."
A M HEATH AUTHORS PAGE
"A beautifully written and deeply engaging study of loss and innocence, suffused with chilling dread. A haunting novel, a captivating debut. I loved it."
S J WATSON, author of Before I Go To Sleep
New Novel: Published May 2012
Publishers, to date:
UK - Canongate
USA - Norton
Australia - Text
Italy - Piemme
Netherlands - Ambos Anthos
Spain - Duomo
Catalan - Eugenia
France - Presses de la Cite
Portgual - Bertrand
Synopsis:
"A riveting Southern Gothic coming-of-age debut by a major talent."
A M HEATH AUTHORS PAGE
"A beautifully written and deeply engaging study of loss and innocence, suffused with chilling dread. A haunting novel, a captivating debut. I loved it."
S J WATSON, author of Before I Go To Sleep
Canongate (U.K.) Book Cover
W W Norton Release...
What Dies in SummerA NOVEL Tom Wright (Author)
A riveting Southern Gothic coming-of-age debut by major new talent.
"I did what I did, and that's on me." From that tantalizing first sentence, Tom Wright sweeps us up in a tale of lost innocence. Jim has a touch of the Sight. It's nothing too spooky and generally useless, at least until the summer his cousin L.A. moves in with him and their grandmother. When Jim and L.A. discover the body of a girl, brutally raped and murdered in a field, an investigation begins that will put both their lives in danger. In the spirit of The Lovely Bones and The Little Friend, What Dies in Summer is a novel that casts its spell on the very first page and leaves an indelible mark.
BOOK DETAILS
“I did what I did, and that’s on me.” From that tantalizing first sentence, Tom Wright sweeps us up in a tale of lost innocence. Jim has a touch of the Sight. It’s nothing too spooky, and generally useless, at least until the summer his cousin L.A. moves in with him and their grandmother. When Jim and L.A. discover the body of a girl, brutally raped and murdered in a field, an investigation begins that will put both their lives in danger. In the spirit of The Lovely Bones and The Little Friend, What Dies in Summer is a novel that casts its spell on the very first page and leaves an indelible mark.
What Dies in Summer book jacket
A beautifully written and deeply engaging study of loss and innocence, suffused with chilling dread. A haunting novel, a captivating debut, I loved it.
S.J. Watson, author of Before I Go To Sleep
An unusually accomplished and evocative debut, in which what dies is innocence.
Booklist
Wright…expertly weaves together a literary tapestry of self-discovery, brutal sadistic violence, custodial battles and tender, burgeoning sexuality, leaving readers spellbound by a story that delivers on several levels.� The author’s impressive, multi-tiered storytelling talents are on brilliant display in this entrancing, impressive debut.
Publishers Weekly
A riveting Southern Gothic coming-of-age debut by major new talent.
"I did what I did, and that's on me." From that tantalizing first sentence, Tom Wright sweeps us up in a tale of lost innocence. Jim has a touch of the Sight. It's nothing too spooky and generally useless, at least until the summer his cousin L.A. moves in with him and their grandmother. When Jim and L.A. discover the body of a girl, brutally raped and murdered in a field, an investigation begins that will put both their lives in danger. In the spirit of The Lovely Bones and The Little Friend, What Dies in Summer is a novel that casts its spell on the very first page and leaves an indelible mark.
BOOK DETAILS
- Hardcover
- Forthcoming June 2012
- ISBN 978-0-393-06402-5
- 6.1 × 8.3 in / 256 pages
- Territory Rights: Worldwide including Canada, but excluding the British Commonwealth and the European Union.
“I did what I did, and that’s on me.” From that tantalizing first sentence, Tom Wright sweeps us up in a tale of lost innocence. Jim has a touch of the Sight. It’s nothing too spooky, and generally useless, at least until the summer his cousin L.A. moves in with him and their grandmother. When Jim and L.A. discover the body of a girl, brutally raped and murdered in a field, an investigation begins that will put both their lives in danger. In the spirit of The Lovely Bones and The Little Friend, What Dies in Summer is a novel that casts its spell on the very first page and leaves an indelible mark.
What Dies in Summer book jacket
A beautifully written and deeply engaging study of loss and innocence, suffused with chilling dread. A haunting novel, a captivating debut, I loved it.
S.J. Watson, author of Before I Go To Sleep
An unusually accomplished and evocative debut, in which what dies is innocence.
Booklist
Wright…expertly weaves together a literary tapestry of self-discovery, brutal sadistic violence, custodial battles and tender, burgeoning sexuality, leaving readers spellbound by a story that delivers on several levels.� The author’s impressive, multi-tiered storytelling talents are on brilliant display in this entrancing, impressive debut.
Publishers Weekly
Publisher: Ambos Anthos | Country; Netherlands
