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February 3, 2025  |  Sash Bischoff

Sweet Fury is one of Canadian Living’s top March reading recommendations!

Common Ground March 2025

Our annual roundup of the top literary trends you'll see this year - we promise you'll love them all!

TREND: Vengeance is Hers

Revenge can be sweet, and in these novels it's a dish served stone cold - even if there's some angsty romance on the side. This years starts off strong with female characters - actors and warriors and spies and more - who are...

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January 28, 2025  |  Sash Bischoff

Sweet Fury one of Penguin’s Debut Novels of 2025

Debut novels of 2025: discover the year’s breakthrough new voices

Introducing 13 new Penguin authors as they share the inspiration behind their debut novels.

Katie Russell, Sarah McKenna, Rachel Deeley, and Derek Withshire 21 January 2025

Sweet Fury by Sash Bischoff

A Hollywood starlet sees a therapist in preparation for her role in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender is...

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January 28, 2025  |  Sash Bischoff

Watch Sash discuss Sweet Fury live at The Poisoned Pen Bookstore

Sash Bischoff in conversation with John Charles. Bischoff discusses her novel, Sweet Fury. (Sound comes in after about the first two minutes!)

When a beloved actress is cast in a feminist adaptation of a Fitzgerald classic, she finds herself the victim in a deadly game of revenge in which everyone, on screen and off, is playing a part.

“Cunningly ambitious, twisty, and immersive, it...

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January 28, 2025  |  Sash Bischoff

Mary Taggart selects Sweet Fury for her book club, #marysmustread!

It’s time for the next #marysmustread book club pick! SWEET FURY by @sash.bischoff is an absolute page turner! Step inside the glamourous world of the film industry in a novel that deep dives into the effects of misogyny. It is a study of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s work and will appeal to fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. This novel is captivating from beginning to end!

Happy Reading!

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January 28, 2025  |  Sash Bischoff

Zibby Owens chooses Sweet Fury as Most Anticipated of 2025!

2025 Most Anticipated List

By Zibby Owens

Okay. It might seem like a long list, but trust me. It’s extremely curated! I’ve pared this list down from thousands and thousands of books that are coming out. You'll find titles I’m excited about by month and category. Some are books I already love. (Fredrik Backman’s My Friends is incredible.) There’s a huge range.

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January 20, 2025  |  Sash Bischoff

The Toronto Star gives Sweet Fury a glowing review

These new crime novels feature puzzles, plot twists and F. Scott Fitzgerald

Sash Bischoff’s clever “Sweet Fury” is rife with references and allusions to the “Great Gatsby” author.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece “The Great Gatsby.” In advance of this, debut novelist Sash Bischoff presents a story about an actor and her...

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January 17, 2025  |  Sash Bischoff

Princeton Alumni Weekly Book Club selects Sweet Fury as its next pick!

Welcome to PAW Book Club, where Princeton alumni and friends read a book together.

Here’s how it works: Four times a year, members read a book — written by an alum or faculty member — and send their questions to the Princeton Alumni Weekly. We ask the author their questions, record the interview, and post it as a podcast. With each new read, PAW randomly selects 25 members to...

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January 17, 2025  |  Sash Bischoff

Sweet Fury is a Must Read in First For Women Magazine!

From romance to historical fiction, FIRST editors share 8 must-read books you’ll love this January!

By Melissa D'Agnese, Maggie Dillard, Carissa Mosness January 17, 2025

Welcome back to another installment of FFW Book Club! This week, we have a wide variety of riveting novels filled with drama, mystery, intrigue and so much more. From young adult to suspense and literary...

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January 17, 2025  |  Sash Bischoff

SAM & PAM Podcast Review: Sweet Fury

This AI-generated podcast gives a glowing review of Sweet Fury (but comes chock full of spoilers!).

Sweet Fury, by Sash Bischoff, is a thriller novel published in January 2025.

The story follows Lila Crayne, a famous film actress, as she navigates the treacherous world of Hollywood while grappling with a dark past. Lila is in a relationship with Kurt Royall, a successful director who is...

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January 16, 2025  |  Sash Bischoff

Pop Fiction Women Podcast: Sash Bischoff & ‘Sweet Fury’

On this episode of Debut Discussions, we welcome Sash Bischoff, to discuss her novel Sweet Fury, a story about a beloved actress who is cast in a feminist adaptation of the Fitzgerald classic Tender Is The Night, but finds herself the victim in a deadly game of revenge in which everyone, on screen and off, is playing a part.

Sash shares her journey from actor and theatre director to published...

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January 15, 2025  |  Sash Bischoff

Mystery and Thriller Mavens Interview

Debut Author Q&A: Sash Bischoff Presents, "Sweet Fury" Hosted by Sara DiVello

The Scoop: When a beloved actress is cast in a feminist adaptation of a Fitzgerald classic, she finds herself the victim in a deadly game of revenge in which everyone, on screen and off, is playing a part.

Lila Crayne is America’s sweetheart: she’s generous and kind, gorgeous and magnetic. She and her fiancé,...

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January 13, 2025  |  Sash Bischoff

Sweet Fury is an Editors’ Pick on Amazon!

Editors' Picks: Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense books of January

Find your next favorite read through the Amazon Editors' top book picks.

When a beloved actress is cast in a feminist adaptation of a Fitzgerald classic, she finds herself the victim in a deadly game of revenge in which everyone, on screen and off, is playing a part.

“Cunningly ambitious, twisty, and immersive, it...

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January 13, 2025  |  Sash Bischoff

Sweet Fury is Zoomer Magazine’s Number One Pick for the month of January

Marking Time: 10 Novels to Read in January

The seemingly endless days will fly by when you’re engrossed in new fiction from Charmaine Wilkerson, Anita Desai, Han Kang and Adam Haslett

BY Nathalie Atkinson / January 9th, 2025

January is the same length as six other months in the calendar, yet it always feels twice as long. One theory is that our experience of time is warped because it...

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January 13, 2025  |  Sash Bischoff

Tertulia’s Editorial List: The Best New Crime & Thrillers Books to Read in 2025

Ready to kick off 2025 with your next unputdownable read? We’ve rounded up the top crime and thrillers books you won’t want to miss this winter. From a small-town crime caper perfect for Yellowstone fans, to a vacation in the Hamptons that takes a terrifying turn, to brand-new releases from Katy Hays, Freida McFadden, Jo Nesbø, and Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright—these thrilling books will...

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January 13, 2025  |  Sash Bischoff

Totally Booked with Zibby: Sash Bischoff

Theater director and debut author Sash Bischoff joins Zibby to discuss SWEET FURY, a wildly imaginative, subversive, and breathlessly fun literary thriller about a beloved actress who is cast in a feminist adaptation of a Fitzgerald classic, only to find herself the victim in a deadly game of revenge. Sash explains how her acting and directing background helped shape the novel’s complex...

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December 30, 2024  |  Sash Bischoff

‘Sweet Fury’: Literary thriller from ex-La Jolla resident explores fame and revenge

Sash Bischoff, who started writing while attending school in La Jolla, will be back in town Jan. 22 to discuss and sign her debut novel

By Ashley Mackin Solomon | [email protected]

Author Sash Bischoff’s upcoming book discussion and signing at Warwick’s in La Jolla represents a full-circle moment for the former local resident.

After taking her first writing classes in La Jolla...

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December 30, 2024  |  Sash Bischoff

San Diego Union-Tribune 2025 Preview

San Diego authors and book events to read about in the new year

By Seth Combs

“Sweet Fury” by Sash Bischoff

Bischoff was raised in San Diego, but now works on and Off Broadway in New York City, both as a writer and director. She drew from her theatre experience for her debut novel, a cerebral thriller about a celebrity actress who must get to the root of her own traumas after...

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December 5, 2024  |  Sash Bischoff

Prima Review – January 2025

Sweet Fury by Sash Bischoff • Bantam

Pitched by the publicist as 'if Taylor Jenkins Reid (author of Daisy Jones & The Six) wrote a thriller, this could be it'. A film star starts therapy to prepare for her new role, triggering a cat-and-mouse game of obsession and revenge. Out in April

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December 4, 2024  |  Sash Bischoff

Sweet Fury is a January 2025 Indie Next Pick

Here are the 25 Indie Next List and 6 Now in Paperback picks on the January 2025 Indie Next List flier.

The January title list is also viewable as a collection on Edelweiss and on the Indie Next List page as an Excel file alongside PDFs for the month’s flier and shelf-talker templates. Learn more and visit Matchbook Marketing’s program page to sign up to send the...

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November 27, 2024  |  Sash Bischoff

Sweet Fury Release – January 7, 2025

ON SALE JANUARY 7, 2025

When a beloved actress is cast in a feminist adaptation of a Fitzgerald classic, she finds herself the victim in a deadly game of revenge in which everyone, on screen and off, is playing a part.

“Cunningly ambitious, twisty, and immersive, it seduces you into a story so compelling that you aren’t ready for the sucker-punch of its deeper truths. This is a hell of a...

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September 17, 2024  |  Sash Bischoff

Publishers Weekly Review – September 2024

Sweet Fury by Sash Bischoff • Simon & Schuster

Bischoff debuts with a beguiling tale of abuse and ambition. Thirty-something movie star Lila Crayne has long dreamed of starring in a feminist retelling of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night. She’s finally made it happen, with her fiancé, Kurt Royall, as director. In preparation for the role, she undergoes psychotherapy with...

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May 11, 2023  |  Sash Bischoff

The Bookseller: Transworld snaps up ‘seductive, twisting’ début from Bischoff in six-figure pre-empt

Transworld has snapped up a “seductive, twisting” début novel from Sash Bischoff in a six-figure pre-empt.  

Imogen Nelson, commissioning editor, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Sweet Furyfrom Suzannah Ball at WME. Transworld will publish Sweet Fury as a lead début in Bantam hardback, e-book and audio in early 2025.  

Carina Guiterman at Simon & Schuster...

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