How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?Visit Matthew Pearl's website.
I like to flatter myself that I'm a title aficionado, actually, in that I put a fair amount of energy into landing what I hope is the just-right title for a project, whether it comes easily or takes longer, and I try to be a student of other titles out in the world. The title for The Award came to me once I had the plot for this novel in mind, which involves an up-and-coming writer navigating twists and turns of the literary world, including elite soirees and fancy awards, which ultimately lead into life and death stakes. It also plays on the idea that we sometimes trust books that won awards to ...[read on]
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--Marshal Zeringue
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