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"Before I Wake is a stunning debut. Robert Wiersema's novel is original, thought-provoking and downright wonderful."
 “We go along for this unusual ride – that takes us to purgatory and awakens images of the inquisition – because we trust Wiersema’s consummate skill: a talent that makes him one of our most promising and original voices.” –The Gazette (Montreal)  |
W His first novel, Before I Wake, was published in Canada (by Random House Canada) in 2006, and became a national bestseller. It will be published in the United States (by St Martin’s Press) in May, 2007, and in the United Kingdom (by Pan MacMillan) in June, 2006. Other editions and translations will follow. Enjoy the site – hang around, make yourself at home. Glad to have you here. Robert's latest journal entry: The universe? She is funny? So, Friday's mail brought ARCs of Bedtime Story. And today's mailbag brought this… What, Rob? A new book deal? How is it we haven't heard anything about this? Well, you will. Soon. Oh. Hai. And there it was, waiting for me in the mailbox yesterday. And yeah, after the weirdness of the other day, just in hearing about it, I was a bit prepared. Nevertheless, it was quite a moment… Yeah, it's done. And here it is, in my hands… Complete with blush-inducing tag-line from the Montreal Gazette: "One of our [...] Weirded There is a moment, in the life of every book, when it becomes suddenly, gob-smackingly real. With Before I Wake, that moment came when I opened up that first book of Advanced Readers Copies (ARCs), and gasped, and wept, and held a lifetime's worth of hopes and dreams in my hands for the first time. (Okay, [...] |
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