 On Tuesday, Nov. 13, Knopf Books for Young Readers will publish Fitz, Mick Cochrane's first young adult novel. The book tells the story of 15-year-old Fitzgerald—Fitz to his friends—who, craving some quality time with the father he’s never known, decides one day to ask for it—at gunpoint.
Random House/Knopf Executive Editor Erin Clarke said the new book is "full of characters you will quickly come to love." Clarke, who calls Mick "one of my favorite writers with whom I have the privilege of working," said she predicts readers will "feel the same sense of marvel" that she does when reading his writing. "Mick Cochrane is a master craftsman who writes with an intense precision of language," Clarke said. “Fitz is a taut, heartwarming novel.”
On November 13, at 7 pm, in the Grupp Fireside Lounge, located on the 2nd floor of the Canisius College Student Center, Mick will celebrate the publication of Fitz with a reading and book-signing. For more details, call 716 888.2650. |
 On October 18 and 19, Mick will be visiting Blanchard and Stony Brook Middle Schools in Westford, MA, where all sixth, seventh, and eighth graders are reading The Girl Who Threw Butterflies. Students will engage in a variety of activities around their common reading in anticipation of meeting and speaking with Mick in October.
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 On November 13, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers will release My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop. The book is edited by Ronald Rice
with illustrations by Leif Parsons and an introduction by Richard Russo. Mick’s essay
about Talking Leaves Books in Buffalo is one of more than 75 included in the volume.
Other contributors include Ann Patchett, Dave Eggers, Sherman Alexie, Jill McCorkle,
Henry Louis Gates, and Francine Prose. The book will be available from independent
booksellers everywhere.
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