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"Before I Wake is a stunning debut. Robert Wiersema's novel is original, thought-provoking and downright wonderful."
 “We go along for this unusual ride – that takes us to purgatory and awakens images of the inquisition – because we trust Wiersema’s consummate skill: a talent that makes him one of our most promising and original voices.” –The Gazette (Montreal)  |
W His first novel, Before I Wake, was published in Canada (by Random House Canada) in 2006, and became a national bestseller. It will be published in the United States (by St Martin’s Press) in May, 2007, and in the United Kingdom (by Pan MacMillan) in June, 2006. Other editions and translations will follow. Enjoy the site – hang around, make yourself at home. Glad to have you here. Robert's latest journal entry: Now THAT was odd I've just awakened (and I mean JUST - the sleep glaze is still over the eyes, softening the hard corners of the world. Though that doesn't make those corners any softer when you walk into them because your eyes are blurry. But I digress…) I've just awakened from a dream in which I was in Toronto. [...] Without a Trace I just finished watching (via the miracle of DVR), this week's episode of Without A Trace. Now, it's not a perfect show. Some episodes are better than others, some not quite as good. But it's generally a pleasurable experience, with highlights usually coming from Anthony LaPaglia and Poppy Montgomery. If this week's episode is an indication of [...] Weirdness The in-house bestseller list for my UK publisher Pan MacMillan is… interesting… this week. If you had told me, even this morning, that I might someday appear on a bestseller list — even an internal list — alongside Cormac McCarthy and Graham Swift, I would have scoffed openly. So now I'm just going to giggle maniacally and [...] |
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