Casey Cep
Casey Cep is an American author and journalist. She is a contributor to The New Yorker[1]. Her work has appeared in The New York Times[2], The Paris Review,[3] The New Republic,[4] and other publications.
Biography
Cep was born and raised on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.[5] After graduating from Easton High School and Harvard College[6][7], Cep attended The University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship,[8] earning an M.Phil. in theology.[9]
Her first book, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, was published by Knopf in May 2019. Furious Hours debuted at No. 6 on the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers List,[10] and is a Books-A-Million President's Pick.[11]
Reviews
In reviewing Furious Hours for the New York Times Book Review, author Michael Lewis wrote: “She reminded me all over again how much of good storytelling is leading the reader to want to know the things you are about to tell him, while still leaving him to feel that his interest was all his idea.” Cep’s book, he said, “makes a magical little leap, and it goes from being a superbly written true-crime story to the sort of story that even Lee would have been proud to write.”[12]
According to NPR's Ilana Masad, "Furious Hours delivers a gripping, incredibly well-written portrait of not only Harper Lee, but also of mid-20th century Alabama — and a still-unanswered set of crimes to rival the serial killers made infamous in the same time period."[13]
Time's Lucas Wittman writes, "In elegant prose, [Cep] gives us the fullest story yet of Lee’s post-Mockingbird life ... an account emotionally attuned to the toll that great writing takes, and shows that sometimes one perfect book is all we can ask for, even while we wish for another."[14]
Bibliography
Books
- Cep, Casey N., (2019). Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee. Knopf. ISBN 9781101947869.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link) Search this book on
Essays and reporting
- "The Imperfect, Unfinished Work of Women’s Suffrage", The New Yorker, July 8, 2019
- "Why Harper Lee Struggled to Write after Mockingbird", TIME, May 7, 2019
- "The Contested Legacy of Atticus Finch", The New Yorker, December 17, 2018
- "Why Are Americans Still Uncomfortable With Athiesm?", The New Yorker, October 29, 2018
- "The Perils and Possibilities of Anger", The New Yorker, October 15, 2018
- "Mystery in Monroeville", newyorker.com, February 20, 2015
- "Lost at Sea: Why shipwrecks have engaged the poetic imagination for centuries", Poetry Foundation, July 9th, 2013
- "Inheritance and Invention: Flannery O’Connor’s posthumously published Prayer Journal.", newyorker.com, November 12, 2013
References
- ↑ "Casey Cep". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ↑ Cep, Casey (2010-04-08). "Fiction Chronicle - Novels by Anastasia Hobbet, Lori Lansens, Michael Jaime-Becerra and Alex Berenson". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ↑ "Casey N. Cep, Author at The Paris Review". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ↑ "Casey N. Cep". The New Republic. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ↑ "'Furious Hours' author Casey Cep finds a nonstop book club as she tours the U.S." Tampa Bay Times. 2019-06-28. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ↑ Nery, Steve. "Cordova student named Rhodes Scholar". The Star Democrat. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
- ↑ "What Happened to Harper Lee After "To Kill a Mockingbird"?". Time. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ↑ Emery, Chris. "2 with Md. ties win Rhodes honor". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ↑ Cep, Casey N. (2019-05-15). "The Hidden Harper Lee". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ↑ "Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - May 26, 2019 - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
- ↑ "Books-A-Million Selects Casey Cep's "Furious Hours" as President's Pick". www.businesswire.com. 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ↑ Lewis, Michael (2019-05-06). "The True-Crime Story That Harper Lee Tried and Failed to Write". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ↑ "'Furious Hours' Tells The Tale Of Harper Lee And Her Unfinished Work". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ↑ "Review: The Little-Known Story of Harper Lee's Failed Attempt to Write a True". Time. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
External links
- Furious Hours at Knopf
- Casey Cep at The Penguin Random House Speaker's Bureau
- Official Website
- Author Biography
- Michael Lewis, "The True-Crime Story That Harper Lee Tried and Failed to Write", The New York Times, Sunday Book Review, May 19, 2019
- Contributor Page, The New Yorker
- Longform Podcast #346: Casey Cep
- "What Happened to Harper Lee’s Unpublished True Crime Book?", The New York Times, May 3, 2019
- 'Furious Hours' Tells The Tale Of Harper Lee And Her Unfinished Work, NPR, May 8, 2019
- Harper Lee, true crime writer, CBS Sunday Morning, April 28, 2019
- C-SPAN Book TV "Furious Hours" in conversation with Patrick Radden Keefe, May 23, 2019
- "Searching for Harper Lee’s Lost Book About a Serial Killer", The Daily Beast, May 12, 2019
- "New details of Harper Lee true crime book revealed as briefcase mystery solved", The Guardian, May 4, 2019
- The True Story of Harper Lee's Unpublished Last Book, Southern Living, May 2019
- Reimagining Harper Lee’s Lost True Crime Novel: An Interview with Casey Cep, Longreads, May 2019
Category:Living people
Category:American women writers
Category:21st-century American non-fiction writers
Category:Journalists from Maryland
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