Robert Kolker, author portrait
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Robert Kolker

ROBERT KOLKER is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Hidden Valley Road, named an Oprah’s Book Club Pick, a New York Times Book Review Top 10 book of the year, a GQ Best Book of Literary Journalism of the 21st Century, and a Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century. His first book was Lost Girls, named a New York Times Notable Book and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2013.
Hidden Valley Road

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Hidden Valley Road

Penguin Random House ALA Midwinter Award Winners & Honorees for Secondary Education

The American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter announced their 2021 literary award winners and honorees at its virtual annual meeting. Below you can find which Penguin Random House titles appropriate for Middle School and High School students were among the winners.  To see which Elementary School titles were honored, click here. Printz Honor Every Body Looking

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Hidden Valley Road has been chosen for Oprah’s Book Club

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker has been chosen for Oprah’s Book Club.   “This is a riveting true story of an American family that reads like a medical detective journey,” said Oprah Winfrey. “It reveals the shame, denial, shock, confusion and misunderstanding of mental illness at a

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