“A kooky treasure, rooted in the deeply literary, slightly askew interior world that makes this author’s work so fine.”

“A heart-forward and perfectly comic starting-over novel, REAL LIFE AND OTHER FICTIONS shows that when you stop searching so hard for certain answers to explain your life, different questions can emerge that reveal the past, present, and future in new and slightly surreal ways. Susan Coll’s Cassie is almost every dog-loving woman of a certain age: deeply annoyed, intensely curious, slightly impulsive, and forever hopeful. What an absolute delight.”

“Susan Coll has written a hilarious, raucous, mad-cap comedy full of intrigue and insight. The Literati is a delightful satire of too many of my favorite things: the literary world, non-profits, fundraising and of course celebrity. But through it all, Coll has infused the book with a warm, earnest pulsing heart that refuses cynicism in our protagonist Clemi: someone no reader whose ever started a new and strange job will not relate to and root for. Smart, funny and deliriously charming!”

“I have learned to relish every minute I spend in Susan Coll’s comic universes, and The Literati is no exception. Featuring a glittering array of characters—from cats to clowns, from divas to embezzlers to Malcolm Gladwell lookalikes—this satire of nonprofit dysfunction is up to the minute, intricately plotted and wickedly funny. Above all, it’s delicious.”

“With a poet’s flair for language, a comedian’s knack for timing, and a satirist’s gift for skewering the absurd, Susan Coll sends the reader on a riotous adventure with heroine Clemi, who faces numerous crises over the course of a week—including the sudden disappearance of her boss and the equally sudden appearance of the FBI. The Literati is a wickedly smart and funny gem of a novel that I devoured in one sitting. Don’t miss it!”