Jincy Willett – författare

A witty and unpredictable literary adventure that explores the life-changing power of accidents.Amy Gallup, an aging novelist and writing instructor, has finally found a measure of contentment in her quiet life in Escondido, California. She''s made peace with her writer''s block and has even allowed some of her students into her personal life. But on New Year''s Day, an unexpected fall in her garden sets off a series of events that will turn her world upside down.What begins as a simple accident leads to a chain reaction of mishaps, each more unpredictable than the last. Amy finds herself dragged through a series of bizarre media events, catapulting her to a kind of celebrity she never sought. As she navigates this strange new world, Amy is forced to confront the one thing she''s avoided all her life: her future.With her trademark wit and insight, Jincy Willett crafts a tale that is both humorous and profound, exploring the role of chance in all our lives. Amy Falls Down reminds us that we are all wholly unprepared for what happens next – but that''s precisely what makes life worth living.Named an NPR Best Book of 2013, this engaging novel is a must-read for fans of humorous literary fiction. Prepare to be charmed by Amy and her misadventures in this unforgettable tale of life, writing, and the curveballs fate throws our way.

Jincy Willett's beloved characters return in Amy Among the Serial Killers, a wickedly smart and funny take on the thriller genre by one of our most acclaimed literary humorists.Carla Karolak is doing just fine. Having escaped the clutches of her controlling mother and founded a successful writing retreat in which participants are confined to windowless cells until they hit their daily word count, she lives a comfortable, if solitary, existence. If only her therapist, Toonie, would stop going on about Carla's nonexistent love life and start addressing her writer’s block, she might be able to make some progress. But then Carla finds Toonie murdered, and suddenly her unfinished memoir is the least of her concerns. Without quite knowing why, she dials an old phone number.Amy Gallup, retired after decades as a writing instructor, is surprised to hear from her former student Carla out of the blue, three years since they last spoke. She’s even more shocked when she finds out the reason for Carla's call. Suddenly, she finds herself swept up in a murder investigation that soon brings her old writing group back together. But they’ll need all the help they can get, as one murder leads to another, and suspicions of a serial killer mount across San Diego.Full of Jincy Willett’s trademark dark humor, an unforgettable cast of characters, and two of the most endearingly imperfect protagonists who have ever attempted to solve a murder, Amy Among the Serial Killers shows us what can be gained when we begin to break down our own walls and let others inside…as long as they aren’t murderers.

Dive into a wickedly smart and funny thriller from National Book Award-winning author Jincy Willett, as beloved characters reunite to solve a string of murders in San Diego.Carla Karolak has escaped her controlling mother and founded a successful writing retreat, but when her therapist Toonie is murdered, Carla''s unfinished memoir becomes the least of her concerns. On impulse, she dials an old number.Retired writing instructor Amy Gallup is surprised to hear from her former student Carla after three years. She''s even more shocked to learn of Toonie''s murder. Soon, Amy finds herself swept up in the investigation as it brings her old writing group back together. But they''ll need all the help they can get as one murder leads to suspicions of a serial killer on the loose.Full of Jincy Willett''s trademark dark humor, Amy Among the Serial Killers features an unforgettable cast of characters and two endearingly imperfect protagonists who must break down their own walls and let others inside... as long as they aren''t murderers. This witty take on the thriller genre explores the art of writing, loss, and the publishing industry with a light noir touch.

Winner of the National Book Award, the long-awaited novel from the author of the acclaimed collection, Jenny and the Jaws of Life, is an unusual and wonderful novel that is somehow able to be at once bleak and hilarious, light-hearted and profound.It''s the story of two sisters. Abigail Mather is a woman of enormous appetites, sexual and otherwise. Her fraternal twin Dorcas couldn''t be more different: she gave up on sex without once trying it, and she lives a controlled, dignified life of the mind. Though Abigail exasperates Dorcas, the two love each other; in fact, they complete each other. They are an odd pair, set down in an odd Rhode Island town, where everyone has a story to tell, and writers, both published and unpublished, carom off each other like billiard balls. What is it that makes the two women targets for the new man in town, the charming schlockmeister Conrad Lowe, tall, whippet-thin and predatory? In Abigail and Dorcas he sees a new and tantalizing challenge. Not the mere conquest of Abigail, with her easy reputation, but a longer and more sinister game. A game that will lead to betrayal, shame and, ultimately, murder.In her darkly comic and unsettling first novel, Jincy Willett proves that she is a true find: that rare writer who can explore the shadowy side of human nature with the lightest of touches.