Lou Berney

Lou Berney

Im Lou Berney, and my most newest novel is DARK RIDE (September, 2023). S.A. Cosby calls it "thrilling and heartbreaking." Lisa Lutz says, "If you dont love this book, give me a call so I can tell you what a moron you are." (I think she might be serious.)

Im also the author of four other novels, including NOVEMBER ROAD and THE LONG AND FARAWAY GONE. Between the two of them, those books won the Edgar, Hammett, Anthony, Barry, Macavity, Steel Dagger, ALA, and Oklahoma Book awards. I have discovered that there are a lot of different ways to nervously stammer and stumble through an acceptance speech.

Between the ages of 12 and 19 I was fired from approximately nine different jobs, including newspaper delivery boy (dereliction of duty), apartment complex maintenance man (general incompetence), and photo darkroom attendant (dereliction of duty, general incompetence, inappropriate use of darkroom). Since the age of 19, I have not been fired from a job.