Born in Brooklyn in 1909, Herbert Clyde Lewis worked as a reporter in New Jersey, China, and New York City before publishing his first novel, Gentleman Overboard, in 1937. Though nominated for an Academy Award for best original story in 1947, Lewis was blacklisted from Hollywood and he died in 1950 at the age of 41. His work is now being rediscovered, with new editions of his books being published in over a dozen countries so far.Kathleen Rooney is the author of Reading with Oprah: The Book Club that Changed America, a memoir, and a collection of short stories. Her fifth novel, Man Overboard! was published in July 2026.

Skillfully and impressively, Mr. Lewis weaves his characters' lives in and out of each other as he writes about a city he both loves and hates -- New York. Season's Greetings is as good a novel about men and women in a great city as we have read.

Born in Brooklyn in 1909, Herbert Clyde Lewis worked as a reporter in New Jersey, China, and New York City before publishing his first novel, Gentleman Overboard, in 1937. Though nominated for an Academy Award for best original story in 1947, Lewis was blacklisted from Hollywood and he died in 1950 at the age of 41. His work is now being rediscovered, with new editions of his books being published in over a dozen countries so far.Kathleen Rooney is the author of Reading with Oprah: The Book Club that Changed America, a memoir, and a collection of short stories. Her fifth novel, Man Overboard! was published in July 2026.

Skillfully and impressively, Mr. Lewis weaves his characters' lives in and out of each other as he writes about a city he both loves and hates -- New York. Season's Greetings is as good a novel about men and women in a great city as we have read.

Born in Brooklyn in 1909, Herbert Clyde Lewis worked as a reporter in New Jersey, China, and New York City before publishing his first novel, Gentleman Overboard, in 1937. Though nominated for an Academy Award for best original story in 1947, Lewis was blacklisted from Hollywood and he died in 1950 at the age of 41. His work is now being rediscovered, with new editions of his books being published in over a dozen countries so far.Kathleen Rooney is the author of Reading with Oprah: The Book Club that Changed America, a memoir, and a collection of short stories. Her fifth novel, Man Overboard! was published in July 2026.

Skillfully and impressively, Mr. Lewis weaves his characters' lives in and out of each other as he writes about a city he both loves and hates -- New York. Season's Greetings is as good a novel about men and women in a great city as we have read.