Mariner Books
Mariner Books is a book publishing imprint of HarperCollins Publishers that publishes adult literary fiction and nonfiction, along with classic titles and reprints. It originated as an imprint of Houghton Mifflin in 1997 and traces its publishing heritage to the mid-1800s Ticknor & Fields.www.hmhbooks.com
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Oct 21, 2026
LaurenHOST
And so I've always wanted to have her on.
LaurenHOST
And her debut novel, Her Kind, was just published by Mariner Books.
LaurenHOST
Okay? Not self-published, it's not an e-book.
ChandlerHOST
[laughs]
LaurenHOST
Mariner Books has published her debut novel, Her Kind.
LaurenHOST
It was out last week.
LaurenHOST
It has write-ups in Marie Claire, The New Yorker is forthcoming.
Jeff O'NealHOST
The Center for Fiction has released their shortlist.
Jeff O'NealHOST
The shortlist is the following: "A Real Animal" by Emily Atwood from Catapult, "Carrying" by Samantha Joseph from Putnam, "Whidbey" by T. Kiara Madden from Mariner Books, "Ruins Child" by Giada Scodellaro, Scodellaro from New Directions, "Off Season" by Abigail Sharpe from Astra House, "Blow Yourself Up" by Ankur Thakkar, "The Four Wives: And Five Deaths of Richard Milford" by Nafissa Thompson-Spires for, from Scribner.
Jeff O'NealHOST
I haven't read any of these.
Jeff O'NealHOST
I know Rebecca read and liked "Whidbey." That got a little heat earlier from Mariner.
Brad ListiHOST
He published a biography of the runner Steve Prefontaine called The Front Runner.
Brad ListiHOST
It's available from Mariner Books and is going to be dropping in trade paperback on November second, twenty twenty-six.
Brad ListiHOST
In the episode ahead, you will hear Brendan and I discuss all of the various nuances of writing a biography from choosing a subject to research and information gathering, navigating the human element of finding sources to talk with you about a particular subject, and then the nuts and bolts of getting words on the page.
Brad ListiHOST
It is, uh, fascinating work, and I think you're gonna really enjoy this conversation with Brendan O'Meara.
Brad ListiHOST
Brendan O'Meara is a biographer.
Brad ListiHOST
He published a biography of the runner Steve Prefontaine.
Brad ListiHOST
It is called The Front Runner, available from Mariner Books.
Brad ListiHOST
It is due out in trade paperback on November second.
Alex UsherHOST
What you don't often see is a campus novel that actually exhibits genuine skepticism about the enterprise itself.
Alex UsherHOST
That's not the case with Randy Boyagoda's new novel, The Lords of Serendipity, just out from Harper Collins in Canada and Mariner Books in the United States.
Alex UsherHOST
It's different from the regular campus novel in a couple of ways, shifting scenes between multiple universities at different levels of the prestige ladder in different countries, and above all, centering the voices of international students.
Alex UsherHOST
But above all, it's different because it characterizes higher education as a whole as an endeavor which requires moral compromise.
Paula EdgarHOST
Deesha is a Commbilio Fiction Fellow, a Baldwin for the Arts Fellow, a United States Artist Fellow, and co-host of two podcasts, Ursa Short Fiction with Donnie Walton, and Wrecking True Stories with KSA Lehman.
Paula EdgarHOST
Deesha's debut novel, The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman, is forthcoming from Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins in September 2026.
Paula EdgarHOST
Deesha, welcome to The Branding Room.
Paula EdgarHOST
I'm so excited to have you here.