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San Francisco Chronicle

This time-traveling YA novel delights in 1990s nostalgia, with appeal beyond Gen Z

April 7, 2023

I knew going into “Throwback” that the book would make me laugh out loud. But I was pleasantly surprised to find myself weeping by the book’s close, so moved by Goo’s story of hard-won tenderness and joy between unforgettable mothers and daughters.

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Los Angeles Times

How a Mexican-born debut novelist created a beautiful monster

March 9, 2023

At once heartbreaking and unapologetically strange, Monstrilio is a cross-cultural, syncretic, folksy, razor-sharp narrative about the horrors of grief and the eternal debate over nature versus nurture.

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Chicago Tribune

When will Gillian Flynn write the next ‘Gone Girl’? Later, it’s still a first draft. She’s a publisher now.

March 8, 2023

Douaihy’s “Scorched Grace” is the first title for Gillian Flynn Books. The second Gillian Flynn Books title arrives in July, and more are coming.

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Vanity Fair

An indie publisher harnesses the muscle of household names

March 8, 2023

In books, it’s all about the eyeballs. In 2020, Molly Stern launched Zando, an innovation on traditional publishing that had a mission to partner with “beloved” public figures and institutions in putting forth books.

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Letterboxd

The Horror Films that influenced Monstrilio, a story by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

March 3, 2023

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Los Angeles Times

Why Gillian Flynn launched her book imprint with a debut noir about a rebel nun

February 19, 2023

Margot Douaihy’s “Scorched Grace” wound up being the perfect kind of warped thriller to kick off Gillian Flynn’s new publishing imprint

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Literary Hub

Cover reveal: Lydia Kiesling’s Mobility

February 13, 2023

Literary Hub exclusively reveals the cover for National Book Foundation 5 under 35 honoree and Center for Fiction and VCU Cabell First Novel prize finalist Lydia Kiesling’s second novel, Mobility, which this August will be the first book to be published on the new imprint from Crooked Media, Crooked Media Reads.

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News

This time-traveling YA novel delights in 1990s nostalgia, with appeal beyond Gen Z

An indie publisher harnesses the muscle of household names

The Horror Films that influenced Monstrilio, a story by Gerardo Sámano Córdova