The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty (24 page)

VENDELA VIDA
is the award-winning author of four books, including
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name
and
The Lovers,
and a founding editor of
The Believer
magazine. She is also the coeditor of
Always Apprentices,
a collection of interviews with writers, and
Confidence, or the Appearance of Confidence,
a collection of interviews with musicians. As a fellow at the Sundance Labs, she developed
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name
into a script, which received the Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award. Two of Vida's novels have been New
York Times
Notable Books of the Year, and she is the winner of the Kate Chopin Award, given to a writer whose female protagonist chooses an unconventional path. She lives in Northern California with her husband and two children, and since 2002 has served on the board of 826 Valencia, a nonprofit writing and tutoring center for youth.

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FICTION

The Lovers

Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name

And Now You Can Go

NONFICTION

The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers
(editor)

Always Apprentices: The Believer Magazine Presents
Twenty-two Conversations Between Writers
(coeditor)

Confidence, or the Appearance of Confidence:
The Best of The Believer Music Interviews
(coeditor)

Girls on the Verge:
Debutante Dips, Drive-bys, and Other Initiations

COVER DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION © BY ADRIAN TOMINE

“Because the Night” by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith. Copyright © 1978 Bruce Springsteen (ASCAP). Reprinted by permission. International copyright secured. All rights reserved.

“People Have the Power.” Written by Patti Smith and Fred Smith © 1988 Druse Music Inc. and Stratium Music Inc. Used by permission. International copyright secured. All rights reserved.

“You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman.” Written by Carole King, Gerry Goffin, & Jerry Wexler © 1967 Screen Gems EMI Music Inc. All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC., 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

THE DIVER'S CLOTHES LIE EMPTY
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FIRST EDITION

ISBN 978-0-06-211091-6

EPub Edition May 2015 ISBN 9780062110930

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