Blue is also quite the Cineaste to boot.ĭuring her final year of high school at the elite, not to mention strange, St. She has a vast lexicon of political, literary, philosophical, and scientific knowledge. Blue van Meer, after a childhood filled with moving from different academic outposts with her dad (a guy prone to meteoric affairs and aphorisms), is deadpan, and clever. “Special Topics in Calamity Physics” is the first stand alone novel and was released in the year 2006. Her work is from the young adult and mystery genres.

Marisha’s debut novel, called “Special Topics in Calamity Physics”, was released in the year 2006. Marisha’s work is published in 25 languages and she is a New York Times bestselling author.

“Special Topics in Calamity Physics” was selected as one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review and won the John Sargent Sr. People that never quit looking for the truth to the mysteries of their own lives with humor, courage, and a healthy respect for murk.Ī few artists that influence her own work include John Hughes, David Lynch, Agatha Christie, Mark Twain, Truman Capote, Shel Silverstein. Marisha is in awe of the fearless folks that build companies and the outsiders that design worlds, as well as anybody that isn’t afraid to stand alone or break the mold. Writing is a meditation, she finds, and is a brutal trek through the wilderness, and a magic trick all at the same time. At one time, she plotted her books out meticulously, however, now she begins with an evocative premise and tries to see where it takes her. Building an entire universe from nothing and populating the planet with landmarks, characters, and hidden tunnels. Her favorite part of writing is the creation. Two years later, after she had moved to London, she completed the book, which came to be retitled again “Special Topics in Calamity Physics”. It was called “The Anatomy of Butterflies”, which she later retitled, “Memoir of an American Girl”.

She was looking through the database for some cool character names for the new book she was writing.

While she was in her cubicle up on the fifty-second floor of the Fox News Building, when her boss thought she was working hard on PowerPoint presentations, she was looking through the company database. After that, she transferred to Baranard College, majoring in English Literature with a minor in Playwriting.Īfter she graduated, she was hired by PricewaterhouseCoopers as a financial consultant. She went to Northwestern University, majoring in Film. Author Marisha Pessl was born in the year 1977, and grew up in Asheville, North Carolina.

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