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B
Y
K
URT
A
NDERSEN

Evil Geniuses

You Can’t Spell America Without Me
(co-author)

Fantasyland

True Believers

Reset

Heyday

Turn of the Century

The Real Thing

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

K
URT
A
NDERSEN
is the
New York Time
s bestselling author of the novels
Turn of the Century, Heyday, True Believers,
and (with Alec Baldwin)
You Can’t Spell America Without Me,
as well as the nonfiction titles
The Real Thing, Reset,
and
Fantasyland.
He has also written for film, television, and the stage and contributes regularly to
The New York Times.
He lives in Brooklyn.