Most are set in the modern American West, made vivid and unexpected in Meloy’s unsentimental vision others take us to Paris, wartime London, and Greece, with the same remarkable skill and intuition. Lean and controlled in their narration, abundant and moving in their effects, Maile Meloy’s stories introduce a striking talent.

This critically celebrated debut collection marks the exciting beginning of prize-winner Meloy’s promising career. She is agented by Amanda Urban at ICM (literary), and by Clifford Murray at Management 360 (TV and film).įourteen remarkable stories that combine strong Western settings with a subtle and distinct female voice. Her essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Slate, Sunset, and O.Īs a screenwriter, Maile also wrote for the Netflix Series 'The Society', which will in future be a graphic novel, as well as the 'Accused' show on Fox. She is best known for the short story collection Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It (2009), which was not only listed among the Ten Best Books of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, but was also listed among the best books of the year by the Los Angeles Times and .Ī lover of all things books, Maile is the recipient of multiple accolades and recognitions, including: The Paris Review’s Aga Khan Prize for Fiction the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story the Rosenthal Foundation Award (American Academy of Arts and Letters) as well as two California Book Awards, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Discovering and testing magical potions they never believed could exist, Janie and Benjamin embark on a dangerous race to save the apothecary and prevent impending disaster.Maile Meloy is an American screenwriter and author of young adult fantasy and children’s books.

When Benjamin's father is kidnapped, Janie and Benjamin must uncover the secrets of the apothecary's sacred book, the Pharmacopoeia, in order to find him, all while keeping it out of the hands of their enemies – Russian spies in possession of nuclear weapons. Here, fourteen-year-old Janie meets a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows – a fascinating boy who's not afraid to stand up to authority and dreams of becoming a spy. It's 1952 and the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to London. The first book in the three-book The Apothecary series. Signed by the author, Maile Meloy, and the artist, Ian Schoenherr.įirst edition. Light blue marble-patterned endpapers two-page b&w illustrated title page, b&w illustrated chapter headings. Slate gray boards with spine stamped in light blue foil and front decoratively blind-stamped.

Benjamin burrows the apothecary