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Kevin Wilson is an American novelist and short story writer recognized for his humorous yet emotionally perceptive portrayals of family life. Born in 1978 in Sewanee, Tennessee, he teaches English at the University of the South.
Known for: Nothing To See Here, Perfect Little World
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Nothing To See Here
Nothing to See Here is a novel by American author Kevin Wilson, first published in 2019 by Ecco Press, an imprint of HarperCollins. It follows Lillian, who becomes the caretaker of two children who sp...
Perfect Little World
A novel about a young single mother, Izzy Poole, who joins an experimental utopian community called the Infinite Family Project, where ten families agree to raise their children collectively. As the p...
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Introduction: What’s in It for You?
Let me tell you a secret about growing up and getting by when life seems determined to burn you down. *Nothing to See Here* began as a small, absurd idea: what if two children literally burst into flames when they got upset? But as I wrote, it became less about fire and more about the messy, radiant...
From Nothing To See Here
Lillian and Madison: The Unequal Friendship
Every story about friendship has its moment of imbalance, that defining tilt when one person realizes how much they’re being shaped by someone else’s privilege. For Lillian Breaker, that realization comes painfully early. She earns a scholarship to an elite boarding school, a place where her threadb...
From Nothing To See Here
The Twins Who Burn: Finding Connection Through Chaos
When Lillian arrives at the Franklin estate, she doesn’t expect the word “special” to mean combustion. But Bessie and Roland, twin children of Jasper Roberts’s previous affair, quite literally catch fire when they become upset. It’s not a metaphor in their world—it’s spontaneous, spectacular, uncont...
From Nothing To See Here
Izzy Poole and the Beginnings of Imperfection
Izzy Poole enters the story as a young art student whose life is suddenly thrown off course. Pregnant by her older high school art teacher—the man she thought adored her—she finds that her decision to keep the baby is both her rebellion and her redemption. His death leaves her adrift, isolated in sm...
From Perfect Little World
The Infinite Family Project: Building a Utopia that Bleeds
When Dr. Preston Grind unveils the Infinite Family Project, it gleams with promise. Ten families will live together in a modern compound, their children raised as a collective under scientific guidance. Each adult is encouraged to share parenting responsibilities equally, dissolving traditional boun...
From Perfect Little World
About Kevin Wilson
Kevin Wilson is an American novelist and short story writer recognized for his humorous yet emotionally perceptive portrayals of family life. Born in 1978 in Sewanee, Tennessee, he teaches English at the University of the South. His works include The Family Fang and Tunneling to the Center of the Ea...
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Kevin Wilson is an American novelist and short story writer recognized for his humorous yet emotionally perceptive portrayals of family life. Born in 1978 in Sewanee, Tennessee, he teaches English at the University of the South. His works include The Family Fang and Tunneling to the Center of the Ea...
Kevin Wilson is an American novelist and short story writer recognized for his humorous yet emotionally perceptive portrayals of family life. Born in 1978 in Sewanee, Tennessee, he teaches English at the University of the South. His works include The Family Fang and Tunneling to the Center of the Earth.
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Kevin Wilson is an American novelist and short story writer recognized for his humorous yet emotionally perceptive portrayals of family life. Born in 1978 in Sewanee, Tennessee, he teaches English at the University of the South.
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