{"product_id":"in-sunlight-or-in-shadow-9781681772455","title":"In Sunlight or in Shadow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA truly unprecedented literary achievement by author and editor Lawrence Block, a newly-commissioned anthology of seventeen superbly-crafted stories inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper, including Jeffery Deaver, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, Lee Child, and Robert Olen Butler, among many others. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Edward Hopper is surely the greatest American narrative painter. His work bears special resonance for writers and readers, and yet his paintings never tell a story so much as they invite viewers to find for themselves the untold stories within.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e So says Lawrence Block, who has invited seventeen outstanding writers to join him in an unprecedented anthology of brand-new stories: \u003cem\u003eIn Sunlight or In Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e. The results are remarkable and range across all genres, wedding literary excellence to storytelling savvy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Contributors include Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Olen Butler, Michael Connelly, Megan Abbott, Craig Ferguson, Nicholas Christopher, Jill D. Block, Joe R. Lansdale, Spider Robinson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Warren Moore, Jonathan Santlofer, Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, and Lawrence Block himself. Even Gail Levin, Hopper's biographer and compiler of his catalogue raisonée, appears with her own first work of fiction, providing a true account of art theft on a grand scale and told in the voice of the country preacher who perpetrated the crime. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In a beautifully produced anthology as befits such a collection of acclaimed authors, each story is illustrated with a quality full-color reproduction of the painting that inspired it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence Block \u003c\/b\u003ehas been writing award-winning mystery and suspense fiction for half a century. His novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Girl With the Deep Blue Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Burglar Who Counted the Spoons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHit Me\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Drop of the Hard Stuff\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring Matthew Scudder. He's well known for his books for writers, including the classic \u003ci\u003eTelling Lies For Fun \u0026amp; Profit\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWrite for Your Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has recently published \u003ci\u003eThe Crime of Our Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of his writings about the mystery genre and its practitioners.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525101457682,"sku":"9781681772455","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d0b9869c-31ba-4c76-9c61-d0648d12f90e.jpg?v=1731202302","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-sunlight-or-in-shadow-9781681772455","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}