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Stephen McCauley

Stephen McCauley grew up outside of Boston and was more or less educated in public schools. He went to the University of Vermont as an undergraduate and studied for a year in France at the University of Nice.

Genres: Literary Fiction

Novels

   The Object of My Affection (1987)
   The Easy Way Out (1992)
   The Man of the House (1996)
   True Enough (2001)
   Alternatives to Sex (2006)
   Insignificant Others (2010)
   My Ex-Life (2018)
   You Only Call When You're in Trouble (2024)

Stephen McCauley recommends

Graceland (2023)
Nancy Crochiere
"If you like road trips, soap opera villainesses, lost loves, and found fathers - and who doesn't like them? - you'll love Nancy Crochiere's delightful, never-a dull-chapter first novel. Graceland is an expertly structured tale of family secrets that get revealed over the course of a trip to Memphis and with Elvis's greatest hits playing in the background. Crochiere delivers enough humor and surprises to keep the reader eagerly turning pages and enough heart to make this one memorable and satisfying journey."

The Sweetest Days (2021)
John Hough Jr
"A riveting exploration of the challenges and complexities of a long, loving marriage. John Hough's economical prose and sharp dialogue cut to the heart of the secrets and longings that hold people together even while threatening to tear them apart. This is an insightful and beautifully written novel that will please readers of Richard Russo, David Gates, and even Raymond Carver. Urgent, unsentimental, and very much of the moment."

Minus Me (2021)
Mameve Medwed
"Medwed writes with heart and charm, warmth and wisdom. She knows how to evoke laughter and tears, balance the joys and the challenges of the complicated relationships she describes, and bring to life an entire Maine town."

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