Marisha Pessl

New York Times bestselling author MARISHA PESSL debuted at the age of 27 with Special Topics in Calamity Physics, which was awarded the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and selected as a New York Times Best Book of the Year. She went on to receive mass acclaim for her novel Night Film, an NPR and Cosmo Best Book of the Year that was praised as “maniacally clever” by the Washington Post and “a suspenseful, sprawling page-turner” by USA Today. In 2018, she made her foray into young adult with Neverworld Wake, adding even more rave reviews to her name with applause from the New York Times, USA Today, Bustle, and more. She lives with her husband and three daughters in New York.