The Glassmaker's Wife

Author is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and winner of
the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, recipient of an NEA Fellowship and
Ohio Arts Council Fellowship

Two previous Dzanc titles, Late One
Night and The Mutual UFO Network, were well
reviewed

Author has strong connections to universities,
booksellers, and review outlets across the Midwest, with access to the book's
intended readers

Based on a true crime in the 1840s. Betsey Reed
was hanged in Lawrenceville,
Illinois, for the murder of her husband?the first woman in the US
executed by hanging

Well-known author with strong connections to the
regional and national writing community, a long history of successful events,
and good pull with booksellers and festival organizers
National galley mailing, with an emphasis on major
national review outlets that have previously covered Lee's work
Festival and conference appearances, including
AWP, the Ohioana Book Festival, and MIBA events

Outreach to MIBA and GLIBA, with nominations aimed
at a Midwest Connections and Great Lakes Great Reads pick

Targeted galley mailing and outreach to author's
local papers, including The Columbus Dispatch, The Sumner Press, The
Lawrenceville Daily Record, The Olney Daily Mail, The Vincennes
Sun-Commercial, and
Columbus Alive

Targeted bookstore mailing concentrated on the
Great Lakes and Midwest regions

Targeted galley mailing to review outlets that
previously covered Lee's work and have strong connections to the press,
including PopMatters, Alternating Current, Crazyhorse, The Coachella
Review, Electric Lit, Lit Hub, Poets & Writers, Largehearted Boy, The
Medium, Brooklyn Rail, The Rumpus, Ploughshares, Kenyon Review, Barrelhouse,
Shelf Awareness

Book club outreach

University reading series promotion and course
adoption push

Major awards push

Electronic galleys available on Edelweiss