Not by Accident
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Not by Accident
By (Author) Samantha Dunn
She Writes Press
She Writes Press
24th September 2015
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
B
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 139mm, Height 215mm
Description
Anticipated national print coverage by Glamour, O Magazine, and Womens Sports and Fitness
Q&A with author in the Los Angeles Times
Feature about author in the Orange County Register
Anticipated broadcast attention from KPCC (an NPR affiliate), and KTLAs Morning Show
Author will promote the book through her extensive author network: UCLA Writers Program website Q&A, PEN Center USA, Idyllwild Arts newsletter
Targeted outreach to best-selling authors with large social media audiences who are personal friends: Cheryl Strayed, John Hodgman, Sandra Tsing Loh, Meghan Daum, Darin Strauss, Pam Houston, Susan Orlean, Hope Edelman, Janet Fitch, Andrew Solomon
Promotion via social media: Twitter, Facebook
Reviews
Dunns clear prose and lively recall of her calamities make for an effortless read. People Witty, smart, droll, moving, and always entertaining, Dunns book is nothing short of a thoroughly enjoyable triumph . . . The Oregonian I loved this book. Rosie ODonnell Samantha Dunn pulls no punches in this tough, witty, and deeply personal memoir of a brave womans moment of crisis as she examines the parts played by the elements or risk, identity, and the unexamined life in her own catastrophe, and the unexpected requirements of healing. A beautiful, necessary book. Janet Fitch The book you hold in your hands is more than a moving example of art as healing; its a perfect triumph. Darin Strauss Ms. Dunn is the storyteller we all one day want to be: a writer unafraid of the less flattering truths, a writer keen to know why the up is at times down, a writer undaunted by the mysteries peculiar to this planet, a writer for whom the easy answers are no answers at all. Lee K. Abbott
Author Bio
Samantha Dunn is the author of Failing Paris, a finalist for the PEN West Fiction Award in 2000, and the memoir Faith in Carlos Gomez: A Memoir of Salsa, Sex and Salvation. Her essays have appeared in numerous national publications, including the Los Angeles Times, O Magazine, Ms., and Salon. She teaches at the Idyllwild Arts Center and in the UCLA Extension Writers Program, where she was named 2011 Instructor of the Year. Dunn lives in Orange, California.
