Amy Hempel and Jill Ciment Present THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU at Strand Tonight

Listed as one of The Wall Street Journal's 10 Books to Read This Summer, Strand is thrilled to celebrate the launch of Amy Hempel and Jill Ciment's thriller, The Hand That Feeds You, tonight, July 9th from 7 to 8 p.m. The two will discuss just how they got their start on this project, what inspired them to write a novel in tribute to a friend, and take questions from the audience.

Amy Hempel is the author of four collections of stories: Reasons to Live, At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom, Tumble Home, and The Dog of the Marriage. Her Collected Stories was published in 2006, and was named one of the New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year. She has won many awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, an inaugural USA Foundation Fellowship, and the PEN/Malamud Award for the Short Story. She teaches writing at Bennington College and the University of Florida, and is a founding board member of two dog rescue nonprofit organizations: The Deja Foundation (DejaFoundation.org), and Morgan's Place, a rescue in Connecticut. She lives in Gainesville, Florida, and New York City.

Jill Ciment is the author of Small Claims, a collection of stories and novellas; The Law of Falling Bodies, Teeth of the Dog, The Tattoo Artist, Heroic Measures, and Act of God, novels; and Half a Life, a memoir. She has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a NEA Japan Fellowship Prize, two New York State Fellowships for the Arts, the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Ciment is a professor at the University of Florida. She lives in Gainesville, Florida, and Brooklyn, New York.

Buy a copy of The Hand that Feeds You or a $15 Strand gift card in order to attend this event. All options admit one person. Please note that payment is required for all online event orders at the time of checkout. The event will be located in the Strand's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at our store at 828 Broadway at 12th Street.

For more about the event, go to www.strandbooks.com/event/amy-hempel.