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David Ebershoff

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Born

Los Angeles, CA, The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Gay and Lesbian

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David Ebershoff is the author of four books, including The Danish Girl, which was adapted into an Oscar-winning film, and the #1 bestseller The 19th Wife, which was adapted for television. In 2017 the New York Times named The Danish Girl one of the 25 books that have shaped LGBTQ literature in the past twenty years. David is Vice President and Executive Editor at Hogarth Books and Random House, where he edits a wide-range of prize-winning and bestselling authors of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.

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	Сын повелителя сирот by Adam Johnson, Адам Джонсон, David Ebershoff (Goodreads Author) (Interview) 4.07 avg rating — 102,369 ratings — published 2012 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 19th Wife 3.65 avg rating — 60,335 ratings — published 2008 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Danish Girl 3.76 avg rating — 24,523 ratings — published 2000 — 93 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pasadena 3.43 avg rating — 893 ratings — published 2002 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lit Riffs by Matthew Miele (Editor), Heidi Julavitz, Tanker Dane (Contributor) 3.31 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Brown Reader: 50 Writers Remember College Hill by Judy Sternlight (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Judy Sternlight (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Donald Antrim 3.85 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rose City: Stories 3.58 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Literary Pasadena: The Fiction Edition by Patty O'Sullivan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michelle Huneven (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Jervey Tervalon (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Men on Men 6: Best New Gay Fiction by David Bergman (Editor), Jim Grimsley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Bruce Benderson (Contributor) 3.92 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grand Scheme 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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David Ebershoff rated a book it was amazing We Loved to Run by Stephanie Reents (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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David Ebershoff and 3 other people liked Annie Tate Cockrum's review of Vera, or Faith: "I love weird girls! Our narrator Vera is 10 years old (11 in 8 months). As a reader we get to go on her curious and whimsical journey trying to understand the world around her. She is academically gifted but struggles in many other areas of her life." Read more of this review »
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David Ebershoff rated a book it was amazing The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Last year when my grandma fell and broke her hip she couldn't paint her toenails anymore. So my grandpa started doing it for her, even after he fell and broke his hip, too. For me, that's love.”
― David Ebershoff, The 19th Wife

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“Einar felt lonely, and he wondered if anybody in the world would ever know him.”
― David Ebershoff, The Danish Girl

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“I know someone loves me from how they say my name. Like with my mom and dad, when they say "Benjamin" it's like my name is safe in their mouth.”
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July BOTM~ Historical Fiction Theme 1st Poll!!!

Top 5 books will move onto the 2nd poll!!

The Nightingale

by Kristin Hannah

27 votes, 40.9%

The Sandcastle Girls

by Chris Bohjalian

8 votes, 12.1%

The 19th Wife

by David Ebershoff

6 votes, 9.1%

The Girl Who Came Home

by Hazel Gaynor

6 votes, 9.1%

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

by Carson McCullers

5 votes, 7.6%

Caleb's Crossing

by Geraldine Brooks

4 votes, 6.1%

The Orenda

by Joseph Boyden

3 votes, 4.5%

Last Night at the Blue Angel: A Novel

by Rebecca Rotert

3 votes, 4.5%

Island Beneath the Sea

by Isabel Allende

2 votes, 3.0%

The Rent Collector

by Camron Wright

2 votes, 3.0%

66 total votes

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“But all that talk. All those confidences. He shuddered to think about it. At the time, though, he didn't know any better, and he was filled the gleeful lurching and teeth-chattering panic of early and undiagnosed love.”
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“I will admit it sometimes felt strange to me to make the confession to someone and later catch them laughing, or flirting, or eating a sandwich, instead of tearing at the injustice of it all or sitting quietly at the center of a grand and monstrous grief. The disaster of my life might be only the worst thing another person heard that afternoon; they might have forgotten by dinnertime; they might have been more heartbroken by watching certain movies.”
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