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Brando Skyhorse

Brando Skyhorse
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Brando Skyhorse

Born and raised in Echo Park, California, Brando Skyhorse is a graduate of Stanford University and the MFA Writers’ Workshop program at UC Irvine. His first book, The Madonnas of Echo Park, received the 2011 PEN/Hemingway award and the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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The Madonnas of Echo Park will be released on February 08, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Feb 08, 2011
The Madonnas of Echo Park is now available in Trade Paperback
Feb 08, 2011
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Sep 29, 2010
The Madonnas of Echo Park is now available in eAudio
Jun 01, 2010
The Madonnas of Echo Park is now available in eBook
Jun 01, 2010
The Madonnas of Echo Park will be released on June 01, 2010 in eBook
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The Madonnas of Echo Park will be released on June 01, 2010 in eAudio
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The Madonnas of Echo Park will be released on June 01, 2010 in Hardcover, eAudio, eBook
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The Madonnas of Echo Park is now available in Hardcover, eAudio, eBook
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Huffington Post, May 2, 2012
...novels that are reportedly getting adapted by other writers for the screen: Stephen King's " Dark Tower ," Brando Skyhorse's " The Madonnas of Echo Park ," Chad Harbach's " The Art of Fielding ," Neil Gaiman's " American Gods ," Phillip Kerr's "...
Huffington Post, May 2, 2012
...of novels that are reportedly getting adapted by other writers for the screen: Stephen King's "Dark Tower," Brando Skyhorse's "The Madonnas of Echo Park," Chad Harbach's "The Art of Fielding," Neil Gaiman's "American Gods," Phillip Kerr's "Berlin Noir,"...
The Atlantic Wire, March 28, 2012
...day, another literary property being developed as a possible cable television series: in this case, the novel is Brando Skyhorse's  The Madonnas of Echo Park , which won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award last year. The project will apparently be about...
Deadline.com, March 27, 2012
...has put in development a drama series project based on the novel The Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse. The project, to be written by award-winning playwright Julia Cho, takes a look at the lives of a community in a rapidly gentrifying...
Beverly Hills Patch, November 9, 2011
...Location: Beverly Hills Public Library 444 N Rexford Dr, Beverly Hills, CA When: November 9, 2011 Time: 10:15am–11:30am The Madonnas of Echo Park  Brando Skyhorse Suggested donation of $5 to support the Friends of the Beverly Hills Public...
Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2011
...Brando Skyhorse on his debut novel, "The Madonnas of Echo Park," which won this year's PEN/Hemingway Award for highlighting that neighborhood on the literary map of Los Angeles. Author...
PublishersWeekly.com, May 25, 2011
...by Tony Lyons from the Lyons Press family, Skyhorse took its name from one of the first editors, Brando Skyhorse. "We couldn't use Tony's name, since it was already in use, and Wolfstahl is almost unpronounceable to everyone," Wolfsthal says. "Brando's...
Topanga Messenger, February 9, 2012
...Judith Palarz will lead discussions of “The Barbarian Nurseries” by Hector Tobar; “The Madonnas of Echo Park,” by Brando Skyhorse; and “The Tortilla Curtain,” by T. C. Boyle. The series also includes excerpts from “Reflections,” by Al...
Book Addiction, July 29, 2011
...into it. It would be interesting to read it again from the beginning, knowing what's to come.Brando Skyhorse's writing is absolutely brilliant. His writing is lush, descriptive, and gorgeous without even once being over the top. He created these...
Amused By Books, June 8, 2011
...title for my review. It was so funny. I am currently reading The Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse which I am loving as well.  Impressions:  Feel free to read my review of Pretty in Plaid for my full impressions on that but for a fun memoir...
Joseph's Reviews Blog, June 4, 2011
...The Madonnas of Echo Park: A Novel by Brando Skyhorse (Free Press, $14.00, 240 pages)"A work of fiction is an excellent place for a confession."To be truthful, this is a collection of short stories with a...