Dear Reader,
It's a thrill and an honor to introduce you to the work of Margaret Malone, a writer of such fresh and urgent talent that I envy you the exhilarating opportunity of discovery you now hold in your hands. Excitements like this are what keep us reading.Writers, of course, do not come out of nowhere. Over the years Malone has published to quiet acclaim in a number of great literary magazines, such as Swink and The Missouri Review. But with People Like You Malone delivers a debut so beautifully controlled, so provocatively alive to its own truth, that its arrival is almost sure to be received as an electrifying surprise.
I've been hugely gratified by the early response to People Like You from many different gifted writers, all of whom have articulated with almost uncanny exactitude my own convictions about Malone's stories. I feel so strongly about this book, in fact, that I'm significantly expanding the operations of Atelier26 on the basis of its release.
All at once funny, unsettling, subtle, and moving, People Like You is a book to launch a career, and I hope that together we can do it the honor it deserves. I hope you will give it your special attention for a review, a feature, or, if you're a bookseller, for a book club or possible author event.
Please keep in touch.
Yours,
M. Allen Cunningham
founder & publisher, Atelier26 Books
