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Richard Mason was born in South Africa in 1978 and lives in New York City. His first novel, The Drowning People, published when he was 21 and still a student at Oxford, sold more than a million copies worldwide and won Italy’s Grinzane Cavour Prize for Best First Novel. He is also the author of Natural Elements, which was chosen by the Washington Post as one of the best books of 2009 and longlisted for the IMPAC Prize and the Sunday Times Literary Award. History of a Pleasure Seeker is his fourth novel. Here, he talks about the process of writing the book.  

Miriam Tuliao

Assistant Director of Central Collection Development, NYPL

Miriam Tuliao is the assistant director of Central Collection Development at The New York Public Library. She currently serves on the American Library Association’s Reference User Services Division’s Reading List and Collection Development Education committees. In late June, she plans to participate in the fourth annual Liberty Island Swim to help raise funds for ALA's Spectrum Scholarship program. Her contact information: [email protected].

Joe Hartlaub

Senior Writer Emeritus

Joe Hartlaub retired as Bookreporter.com's senior writer/reviewer after 24 years with the site (1997-2021).

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