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“Like many, I read Happy Hour and fell in love. As with everything else in my life that I love, I've destroyed my copy and can't stop talking about it. That being said, I'll read anything you write (a screenplay, this substack, your grocery list...)”
"I wanted to support you because I think about Happy Hour truly all the time. I work at a public library and spend a lot of time on computers. Part of my job is just being there, and I feel like that time goes towards something when I get to read your writing. Like many, I hope to be a writer one day and your work, whether a novel or recommendation list, inspires me. "
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"Marlowe is smart and fun!"
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Who am I?
New York Magazine wrote a profile on me called “THE PARTY GIRL’S REVENGE”. I’ve written for the big magazines and the big newspapers, so if you’re interested in that kind of thing you can see my publications here. In 2021 my debut novel Happy Hour was shortlisted for the Amazon First Novel Award. Happy Hour received starred reviews in both Publisher’s Weekly and Kirkus Review. It is considered a RAVE on Literary Hub’s Book Marks, a website that consolidates reviews from major publications. I was the resident advice columnist at The Baffler from 2019-2023 where I wrote ‘Designs for Living’. If you’re new to knowing me, I hope you can come along.
Some other things people have said:
“Bracingly bridling at our expectations, it revels in an erotics of excess, while never losing its shrewd observational eye ... like Babitz, Granados understands that the power of an effective writer lies in her capacity to 'change the boundaries of heaven.' - LARB
“Confident, charismatic and alive to the pleasure of observation.” - The New York Times Book Review
“A glamorous, intelligent debut novel ...Like the many cocktails sipped by our discerning narrator: effervescent, tart, and intoxicating.” - The Kirkus Review
