> news

02.07.12 - pub date for the paperback edition of long drive home.

02.07.12 - deadline to enter the goodreads giveaway for a free copy of the new paperback edition of long drive home.

02.01.12 - long drive home has been chosen as the february selection for something to read about: the s&s book club.

11.15.11 - huffington post blogger roxanne coady has named long drive home one of her best books of 2011.

11.14.11 - thank you to whoever authored my wikipedia page.

10.31.11 - take a spin on the amazing and pleasingly strange waccamaw interview wheel.

10.28.11 - read an interview in the department of english newsletter at my alma mater, cwru.

10.20.11 - i'm very excited to be joining the wonderful literary magazine one story as a contributing editor.

09.14.11 - "what happens to [glen] could happen to anyone, and will allison has captured what it feels like in glen’s heart and soul with pitch perfect resonance" - the longest chapter, a blog by npr's wosu book critic. thank you to the bloggers who continue to review long drive home (more links on homepage).

08.29.11 - i'm happy to announce i'll be judging the 2012 engine books novel prize. winner receives $1,000 and publication by engine books in 2013. submission deadline 03.12.12.

08.22.11 - bookseller roxanne coady has named long drive home one of her five "perfect summer reads" in her daily beast column, book beast.

08.22.11 - yes, long drive home has the same cover image as an award-winning young adult novel. people magazine asks why.

08.02.11 - read about the detective who helped me with long drive home on livingston patch.

07.25 - 07.29 - i'm teaching at the one story workshop for writers in brooklyn.

07.14.11 - i'm happy to report that long drive home has been "character approved" by the usa network.

06.30.11 - read about the music playlist for long drive home at largehearted boy.

06.21 - 06.27 - i'm a guest author at writing room, an online book club at the barnes & noble website. please feel free to drop in and join the conversation.

06.12.11 - long drive home is #20 on the new york times best sellers list for hardcover fiction and #31 for fiction e-books.

06.07.11 - long drive home, now showing at my book, the movie blog.

06.06.11 - long drive home is #19 on the publishers weekly best sellers list for hardcover fiction.

06.02.11 - long drive home debuted at #103 on the usa today best sellers list.

05.30.11 - long drive home was named one of the summer's top 5 reads on national public radio's the takeaway by patrik henry bass, takeaway contributor and senior editor at essence magazine.

05.30.11 - since marshal was kind enough to ask: what i'm reading, at the writers read blog.

05.28.11 - i took the page 69 test at the campaign for the american reader blog.

05.23.11 - long drive home is on oprah's list of "16 books to watch for in june 2011."

05.22.11 - long drive home is a parade magazine "pick."

05.22.11 - "the best novel published last week--the most original, most grown-up, and most sweetly irresistible, as well as the most frightening--is will allison’s long drive home - the progressive reader. thanks to all of the bloggers who've taken the time to review long drive home (and please send me a link if your blog isn't already on my home page).

05.19.11 - long drive home is a people magazine "pick" in the latest issue (arnold and maria on the cover), on sale today.

05.13.11 - visit the online journal booth to read an excerpt from long drive home.

05.06.11 - see the june 2011 issue of o: the oprah magazine, on newsstands today, for a review of long drive home.

04.28.11 - watch a video about long drive home.

04.27.11 - read an essay, "my editor, my wife," on slate about what it's like being married to one's editor (#1 on slate's "most emailed" list--for a while, anyway--and named one of the week's top posts).


> media

08.15.09 - read an interview at robert kent's blog, middle grade ninja.

07.15.09 - read about my visit to a maplewood nj book club on the new york times locals blog.

05.12.09 - read an interview at the best damn creative writing blog . . . period.

02.13.09 - order the spring 2009 issue of glimmer train to read my interview with andrew scott.

09.24.08 - thanks to the incomparable hayden for his shout out at muzzle of bees.

03.02.08 - read an interview in the charleston post and courier.

08.13.07 - listen to a radio interview with christopher purdy on wosu-fm (national public radio), columbus, ohio.

august 2007 - order novel & short story writer's market 2008 to read an interview.

06.12.07 - listen to a radio interview with frank stasio, host of "the state of things" on wunc 91.5 fm (national public radio), chapel hill.

06.07.07 - listen to a review on "all about books" from net radio in nebraska (national public radio).

06.04.07 - read a guest dispatch on maud newton's website.

07.26.06 - read an interview at authortrek.com.

02.25.06 - order rules of thumb: 71 writers reveal their fiction writing fixations (writers digest books, edited by michael martone and susan neville) to read brief essays in which authors discuss one "rule of thumb" they rely upon in their writing. my essay is called "throw up, then clean up."