The Nobodies Album

Carolyn Parkhurst's fiction has appeared in the North American Review, Minnesota Review, Hawai'i Review and the Crescent Review. She is the author of LORELEI'S SECRET (published in the US as THE DOGS OF BABEL) and Lost and Found, which were both New York Times bestsellers. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and their son.

'Sharp and engaging...a gleaming alloy of mystery and confessional...Guilt and (mostly parental) responsibility emerge as powerful themes to unite the two traumas of a well-paced and convincingly populated novel' -- Independent 'Not just a book about a novelist in action, it's also a meditation on writing itself and on the curious intersections between the imagined world and the real one...brisk and engaging...the book succeeds in probing nuanced issues of guilt and innocence through an intricate collage of memories and musings...Those are some real mysteries, well worth grappling with.' -- Washington Post 'A massively readable and thought-provoking story' -- Heat four-star review 'Emotionally charged...moving and poignant' -- Stylist