Local Authors

Some of the many authors with roots in and around the Philadelphia area. (We have worked hard on this list, but if we have left you out please let us know.)

Monument Lab: Creative Speculations for Philadelphia Cover Image

Monument Lab: Creative Speculations for Philadelphia (Hardcover)

By Paul M. Farber (Editor), Ken Lum (Editor)
$35.00
ISBN: 9781439916063
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Published: Temple University Press - November 25th, 2019
Ladysitting: My Year with Nana at the End of Her Century Cover Image

Ladysitting: My Year with Nana at the End of Her Century (Paperback)

By Lorene Cary
$15.95
ISBN: 9780393358230
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - June 23rd, 2020
The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia Cover Image

The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia (Hardcover)

By Emma Copley Eisenberg
$27.00
ISBN: 9780316449236
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Published: Hachette Books - January 21st, 2020
In the Dream House: A Memoir Cover Image

In the Dream House: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Carmen Maria Machado
$26.00
ISBN: 9781644450031
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Published: Graywolf Press - November 5th, 2019
Such a Fun Age Cover Image

Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)

By Kiley Reid
$26.00
ISBN: 9780525541905
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - December 31st, 2019
Doomstead Days Cover Image

Doomstead Days (Paperback)

By Brian Teare
$17.95
ISBN: 9781643620022
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Published: Nightboat Books - April 2nd, 2019
Motion Studies Cover Image

Motion Studies (Paperback)

By Jena Osman
$20.00
ISBN: 9781946433237
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Published: Ugly Duckling Presse - April 1st, 2019
Long Bright River: A Novel Cover Image

Long Bright River: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Liz Moore
$26.00
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ISBN: 9780525540670
Published: Riverhead Books - January 7th, 2020
Dear Angel of Death Cover Image

Dear Angel of Death (Paperback)

By Simone White
$18.00
ISBN: 9781937027674
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Published: Ugly Duckling Presse - June 1st, 2018
Circe Cover Image

Circe (Paperback)

By Madeline Miller
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316556323
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Published: Back Bay Books - April 14th, 2020
The Odyssey Cover Image

The Odyssey (Paperback)

By Homer, Emily Wilson (Translated by)
$18.95
ISBN: 9780393356250
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - November 6th, 2018
Let the House of Body Fall Cover Image

Let the House of Body Fall (Paperback)

By Sara J. Grossman
$16.00
ISBN: 9781936970551
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Published: New Issues Poetry and Prose - October 2nd, 2018
Dinner at the Club: 100 Years of Stories and Recipes from South Philly's Palizzi Social Club Cover Image

Dinner at the Club: 100 Years of Stories and Recipes from South Philly's Palizzi Social Club (Hardcover)

By Joey Baldino, Adam Erace
$35.00
ISBN: 9780762493869
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Published: Running Press Adult - October 29th, 2019
Bottle Fly (Yale Drama Series) Cover Image

Bottle Fly (Yale Drama Series) (Paperback)

By Jacqueline Goldfinger, Nicholas Wright (Foreword by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9780300235012
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Published: Yale University Press - September 18th, 2018
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Lizzy Legend (Hardcover)

By Matthew Ross Smith
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534420243
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Published: Aladdin - January 8th, 2019
Lilli de Jong: A Novel Cover Image

Lilli de Jong: A Novel (Paperback)

By Janet Benton
$16.00
ISBN: 9780525563327
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Published: Anchor - July 10th, 2018
Parnassus on Wheels (The Art of the Novella) Cover Image

Parnassus on Wheels (The Art of the Novella) (Paperback)

By Christopher Morley
$12.00
ISBN: 9781935554110
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Published: Melville House - August 31st, 2010
Accident! (lap board book) Cover Image

Accident! (lap board book) (Board book)

By Andrea Tsurumi
$12.99
ISBN: 9781328620071
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Published: Clarion Books - August 27th, 2019
Manhattan Beach: A Novel Cover Image

Manhattan Beach: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jennifer Egan
$17.00
ISBN: 9781476716749
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Published: Scribner - June 5th, 2018
Lost Philadelphia Cover Image

Lost Philadelphia (Hardcover)

By Ed Mauger
$18.95
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ISBN: 9781909108448
Published: Pavilion - July 1st, 2013
Fever 1793 Cover Image

Fever 1793 (Paperback)

By Laurie Halse Anderson
$8.99
ISBN: 9780689848919
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - March 1st, 2002
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The Great American Songbook (Paperback)

By Sam Allingham
$14.95
ISBN: 9780989275996
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Published: Strange Object - May 8th, 2018
The Eagles Encyclopedia: Champions Edition: Champions Edition Cover Image

The Eagles Encyclopedia: Champions Edition: Champions Edition (Hardcover)

By Ray Didinger
$40.00
ISBN: 9781439918487
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Published: Temple University Press - October 17th, 2018
A Visit from the Goon Squad Cover Image

A Visit from the Goon Squad (Paperback)

By Jennifer Egan
$16.95
ISBN: 9780307477477
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Published: Anchor - March 22nd, 2011
A Disorder Peculiar to the Country: A Novel Cover Image

A Disorder Peculiar to the Country: A Novel (Paperback)

By Ken Kalfus
$16.99
ISBN: 9780060501419
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Published: Ecco - December 12th, 2006
Unique Eats and Eateries of Philadelphia Cover Image

Unique Eats and Eateries of Philadelphia (Paperback)

By Irene Levy Baker
$20.95
ISBN: 9781681061412
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Published: Reedy Press - September 1st, 2018
A Prayer for the City Cover Image

A Prayer for the City (Paperback)

By Buzz Bissinger
$17.00
ISBN: 9780679744948
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Published: Vintage - December 29th, 1998
But Not the Armadillo Cover Image

But Not the Armadillo (Board book)

By Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator)
$5.99
ISBN: 9781481481007
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Published: Little Simon - September 4th, 2018
Philadelphia: Finding the Hidden City Cover Image

Philadelphia: Finding the Hidden City (Hardcover)

By Joseph E. B. Elliott, Nathaniel Popkin, Peter Woodall
$40.00
ISBN: 9781439913000
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Published: Temple University Press - October 13th, 2017
Pizza Camp: Recipes from Pizzeria Beddia Cover Image

Pizza Camp: Recipes from Pizzeria Beddia (Hardcover)

By Joe Beddia
$29.95
ISBN: 9781419724091
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Published: Abrams - April 18th, 2017