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Jo Piazza Interview, plus links to author biography, book summaries, excerpts and reviews

Jo Piazza
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Jo Piazza

How to pronounce Jo Piazza: pee-AH-zuh

An interview with Jo Piazza

A Conversation with Christine Pride and Jo Piazza

Please see Christine Pride's author profile for a joint interview with Jo Piazza about their 2022 novel, We Are Not Like Them

Unless otherwise stated, this interview was conducted at the time the book was first published, and is reproduced with permission of the publisher. This interview may not be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the copyright holder.

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The Sicilian Inheritance jacket We Are Not Like Them jacket
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  • Brit Bennett

    Brit Bennett

    Born and raised in Southern California, Brit Bennett graduated from Stanford University and later earned her MFA in fiction at the University of Michigan, where she won a Hopwood Award in Graduate Short Fiction as well as the... (more)

    If you enjoyed:
    We Are Not Like Them

    Try:
    The Vanishing Half
    by Brit Bennett

  • Jane Harper

    Jane Harper

    Jane Harper is the New York Times bestselling author of The Dry; and Force of Nature (both featuring Detective Aaron Falk); and two stand-alone novels: The Lost Man and The Survivors. The Exiles, the third volume in the Aaron... (more)

    If you enjoyed:
    The Sicilian Inheritance

    Try:
    The Lost Man
    by Jane Harper

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