A Natural History of Empty Lots is coming out in less than two weeks, and the early trade reviews are coming in, including a lovely starred review in Booklist: There's also a complementary review in this month's Kirkus.| Christopher Brown
As I've mentioned elsewhere, I'm delighted to share the news that my new book, A Natural History of Empty Lots—"a genre-bending blend of naturalism, memoir, and social manifesto for rewilding the city, the self, and society" forthcoming in October from Timber Press, an imprint of Hachette Book Group—is now available for preorder. Drawing from the| Christopher Brown
In this week's Field Notes, I mention the funeral scene from my 2019 novel Rule of Capture, which I was reminded of by this fascinating article in this week's New York Times about the new trend in certain American quarters to have oneself cremated on a pyre surrounded by loved ones watching your body burn| Christopher Brown
Our experiment in feral domesticity, Edgeland House, was the subject of a generous feature this week by the poet and independent journalist Julie Poole for the March issue of Texas Monthly. I was delighted to read her closely observed report on coming over to visit, and I appreciate her efforts to situate the project in| Christopher Brown
In this week's edition of my newsletter Field Notes, I talk about my 1984 trip to Nicaragua. I wanted to link to a piece I wrote in 2017 about that trip during the promotion of my novel Tropic of Kansas, but the mystery readers site where it was published seems to be defunct, so I| Christopher Brown
As mentioned in January, my novel Failed State is a nominee for this year's Philip K. Dick Award. The awards ceremony will be at Norwescon again this year, but as suits our Dickian moment, it will be virtual, which means you can attend from wherever you happen to be (as long as you can jack| Christopher Brown
I'm delighted and humbled to share the news that my 2020 novel Failed State has been nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award, and in amazing company. Congratulations to all the nominees. The winner and any special citations will be announced at Norwescon on April 2.| Christopher Brown
Happy almost Halloween. In addition to my weekly Field Notes, from which this photo of a beautiful roseate skimmer comes, I've been keeping busy with the tail end of the launch of Failed State, and wanted to mention a few new items among my articles, interviews and appearances: Over at Tor.com, I have a new| Christopher Brown
My new novel Failed State, the follow-on to last summer's Rule of Capture, will be published three weeks from today on August 11. As you might imagine, it's a challenging time to launch a book, with bookstores mostly closed, publishing staff and reviewers all working remotely, review copies and events all moving to exclusively digital| Christopher Brown
I am delighted to share the news that my book The Secret History of Empty Lots, a work of narrative nonfiction about urban nature and how to find the path to a greener, rewilded future, building on the same material as my Field Notes newsletter, will be published by Timber Press, which is part of| Christopher Brown