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    William Giraldi

    William Giraldi is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Busy Monsters and Hold the Dark; the memoir The Hero’s Body; and a collection of criticism, American Audacity. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and is master lecturer in the Writing Program at Boston University.

    William Giraldi

    William Giraldi is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Busy Monsters and Hold the Dark; the memoir The Hero’s Body; and a collection of criticism, American Audacity. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and is master lecturer in the Writing Program at Boston University.

    Books by William Giraldi

    • Busy Monsters: A Novel

      William Giraldi

      Paperback, 2012

      “The best literary present . . . has a delicate sweetness that shows through at just the right moments.”—Ron Charles, Washington Post Book World

    • Hold the Dark: A Novel

      William Giraldi

      Paperback, 2015

      Now a Netflix original film starring Alexander Skarsgard, Riley Keough, and Jeffrey Wright

      At the edge of civilization, nature and evil collide in what “stands out as one of the decade’s best books...

    • Busy Monsters: A Novel

      William Giraldi

      E Book, 2011

      “The best literary present . . . has a delicate sweetness that shows through at just the right moments.”—Ron Charles, Washington Post Book World

    • Hold the Dark: A Novel

      William Giraldi

      E Book, 2014

      Now a Netflix original film starring Alexander Skarsgård, Riley Keough, and Jeffrey Wright

      At the edge of civilization, nature and evil collide in what “stands out as one of the decade’s best books...

    • About Face: A Novel

      William Giraldi

      Hardback, 2022

      A tragicomic novel of a fame-obsessed American society yet again on the brink.

    • About Face: A Novel

      William Giraldi

      E Book, 2022

      A tragicomic novel of a fame-obsessed American society yet again on the brink.

    • About Face: A Novel

      William Giraldi

      Paperback, 2023

      A tragicomic novel of a fame-obsessed American society yet again on the brink.

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