Looker A Novel

*Vogue’s “Most Anticipated Books of 2019”

*Entertainment Weekly’s “One of January’s Hottest Reads”

Literary Hub’s “Most Anticipated Books of 2019”*

Southern Living*’s “Best New Books Coming Out Winter 2019”

Literary Hub’s “Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2019”*

A dazzling, razor-sharp debut novel about a woman whose obsession with the beautiful actress on her block drives her to the edge.

Laura Sims wrote critically acclaimed volumes of poetry before finding her second voice as novelist of psychological suspense with Looker, memorably described by Vogue as possessing “prose that moves between lyrical & caterwauling” & now in development for television. In her new book, How Can I Help You, two librarians get caught up in a web of mysterious (and potentially murderous) obsession, earning Sims her growing reputation as an heir to Shirley Jackson & Patricia Highsmith.

Laura Sims is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Looker, now in development for television with eOne & Emily Mortimer’s King Bee Productions. An award-winning poet, Sims has published four poetry collections; her essays & poems have appeared in The New Republic, Boston Review, Conjunctions, Electric Lit, Gulf Coast, & more. She & her family live in New Jersey, where she works part-time as a reference librarian & hosts the library’s lecture series.