Celadon is excited to announce a debut novel from Stegner Fellow Rose Himber Howse.
TRICKS OF THE LIGHT is a literary suspense novel following a queer down-and-out poet who, in the throes of marital heartbreak, is invited to a remote island estate in the dead of winter to complete a mysterious project for a great sum of money—but the secrets of the island, and the machinations of the benefactress who brought her there, may cost her everything.
“Since starting at Celadon Books in the fall, I’ve been looking for just the right novel to launch my list here; when I devoured Tricks of the Light in one sitting, I knew I had found something truly special,” says Lexy Cassola, Senior Editor at Celadon Books. “Rose Himber Howse deftly meshes an eerie Gothic mystery with a deeply affecting exploration of a woman’s life. Gorgeously written, sensitive, wry, and propulsive, this novel introduces a supremely talented new literary voice.”
Cassola acquired the book at auction in a two-book deal from Duvall Osteen at UTA.