Joshua Ferris

The author of To Rise Again at a Decent Hour on “shaggy romps,” G.I. Joe, and the poetic life of the Hubble Telescope.

Little Demon in the City of Light

Steven Levingston digs up a doozy of a case, involving mesmeric murderess Gabrielle Bompard, an international manhunt, and a cast of Gallic sleuths, criminals and shocked citizens. A Discover Great New Writers selection.

The Empathy Exams

Leslie Jamison unbridles the bonds that link one individual to another, using her own experiences as well as a raft of cultural observations to find that essential trait which separates the gentle from the sociopathic.