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"Listeners will be inspired to do more of both through Potter's expert handling of the dense material. Listeners become engaged in the story behind the stories, both the author's and those she dissects.-- ""AudioFile"" ""A beautifully crafted inquiry into fiction, reality, crime and place."" -- ""New York Times Book Review"" ""Lesser is remarkably encyclopedic in her knowledge of Nordic noir and easily conveys her enthusiasm to readers. This fine exploration of fiction."" -- ""Publishers Weekly (starred review)"" [A] lively, perceptive guide to Scandi noir...Lesser is an engaging and amiable guide to a cultural phenomenon that has swept much of the planet."" -- ""The Economist (London)"""

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Kirsten Potter has won several awards, including more than a dozen AudioFile Earphones Awards and been a three-time finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. Her work has been recognized by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts and by AudioFile magazine, among many others. She graduated with highest honors from Boston University and has performed on stage and in film and television, including roles on Medium, Bones, and Judging Amy. Wendy Lesser is the founder and editor of the Threepenny Review and the author of a number of books, including Why I Read, which garnered rave reviews from coast to coast. She has written for the New York Times Book Review, the London Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement, and other publications. To complete You Say to Brick, she was awarded one of the first National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar awards, the only one given to a Californian in 2015.

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