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"Los Angeles is home to many great storytellers, but Nina Revoyr is one of its finest scribes....[Lost Canyon] pulses with both beauty and terror, and the struggles of these characters, their physical and mental reckonings, are enough to make readers sweat without getting off the couch."--Los Angeles Times"Revoyr [is] an edgy and spellbinding writer with an uncanny gift for aligning human struggles with nature's glory and perils....With ravishing descriptions of the magnificent landscape, unrelenting suspense, incisive psychology, and shrewd perspectives on matters of race and gender, Revoyr has created a gripping tale of unintended adventure and profound transformation."--BOOKLIST , Starred review"A suspenseful adventure story that explores how people react to danger, uncertainty, fear, and life-or-death choices.
About the Author
Nina Revoyr is the author of four novels--The Necessary Hunger (1997) , Southland (2003) , The Age of Dreaming (2008) , and Wingshooters (2011) . Southland was a BookSense 76 pick, Edgar Award finalist, winner of the Lambda Literary Award, and a Los Angeles Times "Best Book" of 2003. The Age of Dreaming was a finalist for the 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Wingshooters, Nina's new novel, is an IndieBound Indie Next selection and a Midwest Connections Pick for March, 2011. It is also one of Oprah: The O Magazine's "10 Titles to Pick Up Now" for March, 2011.Nina was born in Tokyo and raised in Japan, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles, where she currently lives. She is an avid hiker, Green Bay Packers fan, Lakers fan, and lover of baseball (especially the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Really, that's their name.) She also loves dogs. A lot. When not writing or working, she is usually busy chasing around her English Springer Spaniel, Russell, or her Border Collie, Ariat.
