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Kevin Wilson Books

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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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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...

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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

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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...

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Izzy Poole and Imperfect Beginnings

A single mistake can expose how fragile a carefully imagined future really is. Izzy Poole begins the novel as a promising young art student with the vague but comforting belief that life will eventually organize itself around her talent. That illusion collapses when she becomes pregnant by her older...

From Perfect Little World

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The Infinite Family Project Experiment

Every utopia begins with a seductive simplification. The Infinite Family Project is introduced as a bold social experiment led by Dr. Preston Grind, a child development expert convinced that traditional family structures burden both parents and children with isolation, inconsistency, and emotional c...

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Utopia Bleeds Through Human Need

The quickest way to test an ideal is to place real people inside it. As the Infinite Family Project begins operating, its smooth design starts to fray under the pressure of ordinary human needs. The adults are expected to subordinate private instincts for the good of the collective, but private inst...

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 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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