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*Critically-acclaimed author whose novel, The Weight of Him (St. Martin’s Press 2017), won the Nautilus Book Award, the Northern California Publishers & Authors’ (NCPA) Award, KOBO’s Best of Irish Fiction & Literature, named one of Bustle’s 17 Best Debut Novels by Women in 2017, an Amazon Editors' Best Book and a San Francisco Chronicle’s Best Books of 2017 *National galley mailing and egalley available on Edelweiss *Bay Area library adoption, via Ethel's connections to the Collections Development team *Significant outreach to Bustle, Book Riot, San Francisco Chronicle, Booklist, BBC Culture, The Millions, The Irish Times, The Irish Independent, World Literature Today, and other outlets where The Weight of Him received glowing reviews *Major awards push *Forthcoming excerpts, reviews, and coverage in Elle, Good Housekeeping, The Millions, The Rumpus, Banshee Lit, Electric Literature, and World Literature Today *Special outreach to Financial Times UK, The Guardian, Irish Times (IRE), New Statesman (UK), The Independent, London Review of Books, Dublin Review of Books, and Totally Dublin, using author's Dublin connection *Outreach through author connections to Other Stories podcast, the Nervous Breakdown, 7x7 Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, SF Weekly, Believer Mag, Reading Women podcast, San Francisco Book Review, Literary Mama, and KUOW Radio *Short Story Month promotion tie-ins in May 2021 *Under consideration for Electric Literature's Recommended Reading list for May 2021 *Promotion through the Writers Grotto in San Francisco, of which author is a member, as well as other Bay Area writers groups *Appearances, virtual or otherwise, at Bay Area Book Festival, Litquake, and Irish American Crossroads Fest, among others *Indie bookstore mailing to Bay Area and national indies, including City Lights, Book Passage, The Bindery, Booksmith, Diesel, and select indies in Dublin, such as The Winding Stair and Dubray Books