You know how rare it is for a writer to be included in the New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year. Take fiction. Half of the Notable list is fiction and poetry. So fewer than 50 non-poetry fiction books. Per year.
Obviously 99.9% of the world's authors won't have even a dream of breathing that rarified Times oxygen. A few, Joyce Carol Oates comes to mind, have made the list more than once.
But here's a guy - - Daniel Woodrell - - whose spare novels have graced the Notable index five times.
Excuse me? Five times?
Mr. Woodrell writes country noir. Sort of like the esteemed Joe R. Lansdale. And, like Mr. Lansdale, some of his work has made it to the screen. Winter's Bone, for example.
Five times?
Who are your hidden gems?
Paige