Alice V. Leaderman

A New Englander transplanted to the South, Alice V. Leaderman writes fiction, including stories, novellas, and one novel. She raises native plants and volunteers with a local urban farm. Hiking and cross-country skiing are favorite cool-weather activities. Ms. Leaderman graduated from Barnard College and earned an M.F.A. in creative writing from George Mason University. She lives in Maryland with her husband.


11 entries by Alice V. Leaderman

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The Last Ballad: A Novel

By Wiley Cash

The Last Ballad: A Novel

Whites and blacks risk their lives to unionize Southern textile mills in 1929.

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The Possessions: A Novel

By Sara Flannery Murphy

The Possessions: A Novel

This modern-day mystery combines sci-fi sensibilities with a hint of ancient Greek influence.

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The Ex: A Novel

By Alafair Burke

The Ex: A Novel

Can a savvy defense lawyer exonerate her former fiancé accused of murder?

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Risk: A Novel

By C.K. Stead

Risk: A Novel

In this quiet, tightly woven tale, a middle-aged Kiwi gambles that he’ll be able to make a new life in post-9/11 London.

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Goodhouse

Peyton Marshall

Goodhouse

In this debut novel set in the not-too-distant future, the sons of felons are locked up in “schools” before they’ve even committed a crime.

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Subtle Bodies

Norman Rush

Subtle Bodies

A gathering of middle-aged men in Upstate New York after the death of a friend prompts uneasy confessions and questions of who we really are.

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Mark Dunn

American Decameron

An entertaining and unusual book of 100 short stories, each set in a different year of the 20th century and at least one in each of the 50 United States, is a nod to Boccaccio.

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Mario Vargas Llosa,m H, Historical translated by Edith Grossman

The Dream of the Celt: A Novel

The Nobel Prize-winning novelist turns his eye to the life of Irishman Roger Casement.

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Dennis Cooper

The Marbled Swarm

Sexual violence, magic, a concocted language and strange humor fill this novel that explores observation as a means of control.

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Geraldine Brooks

Caleb’s Crossing

An imagined friendship of faith and love draws on the true story of a Wampanoag from Martha’s Vineyard who became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard.

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By Ralph Sassone

The Intimates: A Novel

A complex portrait of what it means to get close.