Laura Dickerman

So charming and so accomplished, Hot Desk is by turns hilarious, heart-breaking, satirical, cutting and FUN. I absolutely loved it, and got way more than I bargained for in this dual-timeline tale of love and lust in publishing.

Laura Jane Williams, bestselling author of OUR STOP

I absolutely adored this super smart and assured debut novel set in the New York publishing world of now and the 1980's. It's a romcom but also an exploration of how powerful men treat the powerless young women in their orbit. Fans of My Salinger Year, Tom Lake AND The Flatshare will love Hot Desk.

Hot Desk is pure, grade-A, reader's delight. Dickerman's satire of the publishing industry across decades is pitch-perfect, revealing all of its blindspots and absurdities. But beneath all the laughs (and there's a lot of them) are serious and important questions about legacy, friendship, and who gets the right to tell a story. It's the sexiest, funniest book party you'll be invited to this year, and I promise you don't want to miss it.

Grant Ginder, author of THE PEOPLE WE HATE AT THE WEDDING

The funniest novel I've read in ages! But also the most romantic! Hot Desk had me, by turns, laughing and swooning. This is a comedy of manners for anyone who loves Curtis Sittenfeld, Nora Ephron, Alison Espach or, well, anyone. So spot-on in its depiction of literary world mores, I nearly sprained my neck nodding in recognition. I challenge any reader not to fall in love with this charming debut.

Joanna Rackoff, author of MY SALINGER YEAR

A fresh take on classic rom-coms, Laura Dickerman's clever comedy of manners captures the timeless romance of literary New York.

Jillian Medoff, bestselling author of WHEN WE WERE BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL

A funny, deeply wise novel that captures all the thrills and aches of setting out in the world. Toggling seamlessly between 1981 and 2022 in New York City, Dickerman shows us that while Gen X and Gen Z may be very different, some things - friendship, ambition, the restorative magic of hangover takeout - are eternal.

Morgan Dick, author of THE FAVOURITE DAUGHTER

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Praise for Hot Desk

So charming and so accomplished, Hot Desk is by turns hilarious, heart-breaking, satirical, cutting and FUN. I absolutely loved it, and got way more than I bargained for in this dual-timeline ta ...

I absolutely adored this super smart and assured debut novel set in the New York publishing world of now and the 1980's. It's a romcom but also an exploration of how powerful men treat the powerless yo ...

Rollicking and hilarious

So charming and so accomplished, Hot Desk is by turns hilarious, heart-breaking, satirical, cutting and FUN. I absolutely loved it, and got way more than I bargained for in this dual-timeline ta ...

I absolutely adored this super smart and assured debut novel set in the New York publishing world of now and the 1980's. It's a romcom but also an exploration of how powerful men treat the powerless yo ...

Rollicking and hilarious

So charming and so accomplished, Hot Desk is by turns hilarious, heart-breaking, satirical, cutting and FUN. I absolutely loved it, and got way more than I bargained for in this dual-timeline ta ...

I absolutely adored this super smart and assured debut novel set in the New York publishing world of now and the 1980's. It's a romcom but also an exploration of how powerful men treat the powerless yo ...

Rollicking and hilarious

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