Luna, Phoenix, Queen

A spellbinding tour de force from the bestselling author of The Invisible Bridge—a novel about varieties of infidelity, the provenance of a literary masterpiece, and the power of storytelling to shape identity and destiny.

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Luna, Phoenix, Queen reimagined what I thought a novel could do. My favorite kind of novel.

Caro Claire Burke, author of Yesteryear

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No one writes a love story like Julie Orringer.

Nell Freudenberger, author of The Limits

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A miracle of a book... one of our wisest and most open-hearted writers

Katie Kitamura, author of Audition

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Orringer has given readers a great gift. It will knock your socks off.

Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less

Also from Julie

The Flight Portfolio

The Invisible Bridge

How To Breathe Underwater

Julie Orringer is the author of Luna, Phoenix, Queen, which has been shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize, and of three more award-winning books: How to Breathe Underwater, The Invisible Bridge, and The Flight Portfolio, the basis for the 2023 Netflix series Transatlantic.