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Enid Shomer
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Enid Shomer

Enid Shomer won the Iowa Fiction Prize for her first collection of stories and the Florida Gold Medal for her second. She is also the author of four books of poetry. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Paris Review, and many... Read full bio

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The Twelve Rooms of the Nile will be released on August 20, 2013 in Trade Paperback
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St. Petersburg Times, January 26, 2013
...Ave., Tampa, and at 2 p.m. Monday at Selby Public Library, 1331 First St., Sarasota. Tampa author Enid Shomer (The Twelve Rooms of the Nile) will discuss and sign her historical novel at 2 p.m. today at Bookstore1Sarasota, 1359 Main St., Sarasota. ...
St. Petersburg Times, January 19, 2013
...Shomer is an award-winning poet and fiction writer who lives in Tampa. She has written two story collections, Tourist Season, which received the Florida Book Award for general fiction, and Imaginary Men. In December, National Public Radio selected her...
St. Petersburg Times, January 12, 2013
...Cost $65. Includes refreshments and parking; call (727) 623-4730. East Lake Community Library's Author Showcase presents novelist Enid Shomer (The Twelve Rooms of the Nile) discussing and signing her book, recently named one of 2012's best historical...
St. Petersburg Times, December 29, 2012
...the Collier County Women's Literary Society), Ben Lerner (Leaving the Atocha Station), Tony D'Souza (Mule) and Enid Shomer (The Twelve Rooms of the Nile). A publishing panel will feature Eli Horowitz, a literary new media producer, and Deborah Treisman,...
The Empire, December 24, 2012
...Jean Zimmerman, hardcover, 418 pages, Viking Adult, list price $27.95 The Twelve Rooms Of The Nile , by Enid Shomer, hardcover, 449 pages, Simon & Schuster, list price $26 The Orchardist , by Amanda Coplin, hardcover, 426 pages, Harper, list price...
Huffington Post, December 14, 2012
...Higgins *** 28. 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson *** 1/2 29. The Twelve Rooms Of The Nile by Enid Shomer ** 1/2 30. Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel *** 1/2 31. In One Person by John Irving ** 32. A Million Heavens by John Brandon *** 33...
St. Petersburg Times, December 13, 2012
...For more information, call Julie, (727) 439-2122. EAST LAKE Author Shomer to speak at library Author and poet Enid Shomer will speak at the Authors Showcase at the East Lake Community Library at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 15. Her latest book is her first work of...
St. Petersburg Times, January 19, 2013
...Shomer is an award-winning poet and fiction writer who lives in Tampa. She has written two story collections, Tourist Season, which received the Florida Book Award for general fiction, and Imaginary Men. In December, National Public Radio selected her...
St. Petersburg Times, January 12, 2013
...Cost $65. Includes refreshments and parking; call (727) 623-4730. East Lake Community Library's Author Showcase presents novelist Enid Shomer (The Twelve Rooms of the Nile) discussing and signing her book, recently named one of 2012's best historical...
St. Petersburg Times, January 4, 2013
...7 p.m. With Jessica Anthony and Jason Ockert January 8 7 p.m. With Mikhail Lossel and Enid Shomer January 9 7 p.m. With Tony D'Souza and Terese Svoboda January 10 7 p.m. With Tibor Fischer and Amy Hill Hearth For errors and omissions, please...
St. Petersburg Times, December 29, 2012
...the Collier County Women's Literary Society), Ben Lerner (Leaving the Atocha Station), Tony D'Souza (Mule) and Enid Shomer (The Twelve Rooms of the Nile). A publishing panel will feature Eli Horowitz, a literary new media producer, and Deborah Treisman,...
The Empire, December 24, 2012
...Jean Zimmerman, hardcover, 418 pages, Viking Adult, list price $27.95 The Twelve Rooms Of The Nile , by Enid Shomer, hardcover, 449 pages, Simon & Schuster, list price $26 The Orchardist , by Amanda Coplin, hardcover, 426 pages, Harper, list price...
Huffington Post, December 14, 2012
...Higgins *** 28. 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson *** 1/2 29. The Twelve Rooms Of The Nile by Enid Shomer ** 1/2 30. Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel *** 1/2 31. In One Person by John Irving ** 32. A Million Heavens by John Brandon *** 33...
St. Petersburg Times, December 13, 2012
...For more information, call Julie, (727) 439-2122. EAST LAKE Author Shomer to speak at library Author and poet Enid Shomer will speak at the Authors Showcase at the East Lake Community Library at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 15. Her latest book is her first work of...