Laurie Grassi

The young author talks about the inspiration for her debut novel, being compared to J.K. Rowling, and who she’d like to see cast in the film version (the rights have already been sold!).

The book buzz this fall is all about the new novel from Marisha Pessl (Special Topics in Calamity Physics). When a famed but reclusive film director’s young daughter is found dead, the quick verdict is suicide. An investigative journalist begins to look into the matter, though, and soon finds himself trapped in a mystery reminiscent of the director’s many warped films. Think Twin Peaks meets X-Files and you have a good idea of the tone of this engrossing page-turner.

The inspiration behind the TV series Bones and the author of Death Du Jour, Bones Are Forever and Code, which came out this spring, shares her favourite books to take on vacation.

In this excerpt from the first in a series of seven books, clairvoyant Paige Mahoney sends her mind wandering the streets of London — and her life changes forever.

Watch the trailer for the first of seven books about the clairvoyant Paige Mahoney who sends her mind wandering the streets of London — changing her life forever.