Sylvia Brownrigg is the author of six fiction books, including the novels Pages for You and The Delivery Room.
Sylvia’s work has been included on the NY Times Notable list and the LA Times Best Books of the Year. Her reviews have appeared in the NY Times, The Guardian, and the TLS, and she has taught at the American University in Paris. Her novel for children, Kepler’s Dream (published under the name Juliet Bell), has been turned into an independent feature film.
She lives in Berkeley, CA, with her family, and continues to spend time in London.
Books in order of publication (In English and German):
The Metaphysical Touch. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 1999.
Ten Women Who Shook the World. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 2000.
Pages for You. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 2002.
Geschrieben für Dich. Berlin: Verlag Krug & Schadenberg. 2005.
The Delivery Room. London: Picador. 2006.
Morality Tale. Berkeley: Publishers Group West. 2008.
The Then Wives. Picador. 2008.
Kepler’s Dream. New York City: Penguin Group. 2012.
Pages for Her. Berkeley: Counterpoint. 2017.
The Whole Staggering Mystery. San Francisco: Catapult. 2024-04-23.
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