Children Quote by Edan Lepucki

I am glad it's [California novel] resonated with people because, for me, most apocalyptic novels aren't scary, because they feel so very far off.

— Edan Lepucki

The messiness [in my books] is nothing like an Atwood novel. For me, the deeper subjects are secrets versus intimacy, and how both beget…

— Edan Lepucki

It's a bit scary to see my book come true: the recent (if minor) LA earthquakes, Hurricane Sandy, the Boston bomber, and so on…

— Edan Lepucki

have a much harder time writing stories than novels. I need the expansiveness of a novel and the propulsive energy it provides. When I…

— Edan Lepucki

California seemed to me to be all about secrets and the need for safety. And this leads to this thematic messiness I'm still trying…

— Edan Lepucki

“Girls who want to be warriors can't afford to be so careless. And: Girls will bleed, and they will cry.”

— Edan Lepucki

All crises, once averted, become jokes.

— Edan Lepucki

“I'm married. And pregnant.”

— Edan Lepucki

“The jugness of the jug" was how he explained Heidegger to Cal, as if that explained anything at all.”

— Edan Lepucki

“With a single refusal, Zachary plucked the apathy off of me like a petal from a flower.”

— Edan Lepucki

“There is a moment, when a woman’s foolishness slips into delusion. The former is forgivable, the latter isn’t. You will never live it down.…

— Edan Lepucki

I tossed off a mention of the pirates early on. And they became integral to the backstory. Sometimes now I imagine them in the…

— Edan Lepucki