Courtney Maum is the author of five books, including the groundbreaking publishing guide, Before and After the Book Deal and the memoir, The Year of the Horses. A writing coach and executive director of the nonprofit learning collaborative, The Cabins, Courtney's mission is to help people hold on to the joy of art-making in a culture obsessed with turning artists into brands. With her filmmaker husband, she has co-written films that have debuted at Sundance and won awards at Cannes.
Beautifully written, laugh out loud funny, and profound. Alan Opts Out is a delight -- J Courtney Sullivan, author of THE CLIFFS The eat-the-rich farce we need, from one of our funniest writers * Lit Hub * Sly, propulsive and painfully hilarious family drama . . . reminded me how much fun a novel can be . . . It's as if The Corrections had been written a full decade after the confirmed death of American dream -- Caro Claire Burke, author of YESTERYEAR Chicken-soup for the late capitalist soul. Or should I say lobster bisque? . . . Funny, surprising, empathetic . . . If this books lands in your hands, I beg you to opt in -- Steven Rowley, NYT bestselling author of LILY AND THE OCTOPUS and THE GUNCLE Vivid, lacerating and funny -- Carl Hiaasen, author of FEVER BEACH