Hemlock Lane

Minneapolis native Marshall Fine’s career as an award-winning journalist, critic, and filmmaker has spanned fifty years. Before his bestselling 2024 fiction debut, The Autumn of Ruth Winters, Fine wrote biographies of filmmakers John Cassavetes and Sam Peckinpah, directed documentaries about film critic Rex Reed and comedian Robert Klein, conducted the Playboy interview with Howard Stern, and chaired the New York Film Critics Circle four times. The author currently lives in Ossining, New York. To learn more about the author, visit his website: www.marshallfine.com.

“Original, riveting, eloquently crafted, and an inherently fascinating ‘coming of age’ novel by an author with a genuine flair for a narrative driven storytelling style that raises his novel to an impressive level of literary excellence, Hemlock Lane by Marshall Fine is an extraordinary read and will prove to be an immediate and enduringly popular pick for community library Contemporary General Fiction collections.” —Midwest Book Review“A poignant, exquisitely drawn family drama told in Rashomon style.” —Terence Winter, creator and executive producer, Boardwalk Empire“Searing and utterly truthful. Marshall Fine’s fine new novel of a fractured family has an unlikely heroine you will never forget.” —Robert Klein, author of The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue“Rich and compelling—this beautifully written novel took me on a journey of twists and turns through a family story that continually reveals new secrets, even as it is breaking your heart.” —Patricia Clarkson, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner“Marshall Fine’s prismatic fiction makes you feel as if you’re right in the middle of these characters’ lives, witnessing a tumultuous period of history.” —Matt Zoller Seitz, author of The Sopranos Sessions and Mad Men Carousel: The Complete Critical Companion