++These are writers for whom I have high hopes whenever I hear one of their books is coming out. In recent years there have been those who it's just nice to know they are still working but don't surprise or keep up the quality of their early work. Some grow in maturity but not many anymore. Some are old reliables whom you just read to hear the cadence of their sentences again--even though the sentences are almost always some slight re-wording of some text of theirs you have read before.
++This year is actually slim.
James Ellroy
William Gibson
David Mitchell
Carl Hiassen --for his young adult novel
John Lahr--for his biography of Tennessee Williams
James Risen--for his account of the greed and wealth in America's torture business.
Naomi Klein-- for her first semi-upbeat book on fighting climate change. This changes Everything.
I expect this year to bring more poetry. But I found the year overall flat.
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