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Chrysta Bilton, "Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings" (Little, Brown, 2022)

2022/12/9
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Chrysta Bilton is an American writer who lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children. Her first book, the memoir Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings)*, *was published in July 2022 by *Little, Brown *in the US and Octopus in the UK.

Chrysta's work has appeared in The Guardian), Literary Hub), and Newsweek). Normal Family was listed among Kirkus's Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 and) named a 'best' or 'must-read' book of Summer 2022 by Amazon,The Los Angeles Times),Vanity Fair)People)USA Today)The Hollywood Reporter)Cup of Jo)Parade)Today)Apple), and elsewhere.

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Chris Holmes)* is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival), a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers.*

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