 Hailed as "genuinely thrilling" by "The New Yorker", and "a triumphant work of fiction" by the Associated Press, "American Subversive" was a "New York Times" Notable Book and Editors Choice of 2010, and a "Vanity Fair" and "Publishers Weekly" top ten spring debut.Upon publication of his previous book, "Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time", he was named one of the Best New Writers of 2006 by members of the PEN American Center.His third book, the novel "Kings County", was sold to Simon & Schuster in September 2017, in what Publishers Marketplace described as a "significant deal."