Scott Spencer

Books by Scott Spencer

Endless Love

by Scott Spencer
- Paperback, 417 pages
Breed

by Scott Spencer and Chase Novak
- Hardcover, 320 pages
Willing

by Scott Spencer
- Hardcover, 244 pages
Man in the Woods

by Scott Spencer
- Paperback, 307 pages

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Book Reviews

Scary Parents Both Fertile And Feral In 'Breed'

by Annalee Newitz

September 12, 2012 7:00 AM

Breed offers a new and horrifying picture of New York's upper echelon, the barren rich, with full wallets and empty cribs. Desperate for a child, one couple find treatment in a sketchy fertility clinic, where they successfully become fertile — and feral.

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'Breed': A Pseudonym To Pen A Tale Of Horror

by NPR Staff

September 11, 2012 3:46 PM

Author Scott Spencer is best known for his literary best-seller Endless Love — now, he's adopted a pseudonym, Chase Novak, to explore darker stories like the tale of baby lust and body horror in his new novel, Breed.

Scott Spencer, writing for the first time under the pen name Chase Novak, is the best-selling author of Endless Love and A Ship Made of Paper.

First Reads

Exclusive First Read: Black-Comic Horror In 'Breed'

August 15, 2012 9:50 AM

When conventional fertility treatments fail, the rich, childless couple at the heart of Chase Novak's novel travel to Slovenia for an experimental procedure. Breed has drawn comparisons to Rosemary's Baby, but in this over-the-top tale, it's not the baby who's the monster.

Author Interviews

Scott Spencer: Plot Twists, Where Everything Changes

October 28, 201111:19 AM

Many of Spencer's novels feature a turning point — a dreadful, unplanned act committed by one of the characters. In his latest book, Man in the Woods, a carpenter accidentally kills a man, which leads him to question himself and his relationship with God.

New In Paperback

Puppy Love, A Death 'In The Woods', Fractured Memories, And More

September 07, 2011 3:30 PM

National Book Award finalist Nicole Krauss returns, along with supernatural romance writer Charlaine Harris, British pop novelist Allison Pearson and melodramatist Scott Spencer, while NPR host Michele Norris shares a story of parental sacrifice and the search for a better America.

My Guilty Pleasure

'Endless' Amour: A Steamy Story Of Teenage Passion

by Ben Dolnick

August 24, 2011 7:00 AM

Being a teenager is hard. You're misunderstood, your hormones are surging, and you just know that the girl down the street is the one. Author Ben Dolnick recommends revisiting this time with Scott Spencer's romance, Endless Love — a novel that brings you back to that amorous teenage angst.

Best Books Of 2010

Best Books Of Winter: Alan Cheuse Makes His List

by Alan Cheuse

November 30, 2010 9:00 AM

Literary Santa delivers his list of favorite fiction, nonfiction and poetry — a box of the best books from 2010 that he'd like to bring to your house on a snowy morning.

Author Interviews

Scott Spencer: Turning Orderly Lives Into Chaos

September 15, 201012:03 PM

Interviews

In 'Willing,' Pursuits of the Flesh for a Flagging Spirit

March 18, 2008 2:27 PM

A journalist goes undercover to take all-expenses-paid, round-the-world sex tour in Willing. That's the newest novel from Scott Spencer, author of Endless Love.

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Book News: Newly Found Pearl Buck Novel To Be Published This Fall

At her desk in the study of her Philadelphia townhouse in 1967, Pearl Buck looks at a bound volume of the magazine Asia from 1925 that contained her first published work.

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A Different Kind Of Immigrant Experience In 'Americanah'

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Book News: Stephen King's New Bogeyman? Digital Publishing

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Exclusive First Read: 'Big Brother' By Lionel Shriver

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Scott Spencer

Books by Scott Spencer

Endless Love

Breed

Willing

Man in the Woods

Scott Spencer has written books about:

NPR stories about Scott Spencer

Book Reviews

Scary Parents Both Fertile And Feral In 'Breed'

Books

'Breed': A Pseudonym To Pen A Tale Of Horror

First Reads

Exclusive First Read: Black-Comic Horror In 'Breed'

Author Interviews

Scott Spencer: Plot Twists, Where Everything Changes

New In Paperback

Puppy Love, A Death 'In The Woods', Fractured Memories, And More

My Guilty Pleasure

'Endless' Amour: A Steamy Story Of Teenage Passion

Best Books Of 2010

Best Books Of Winter: Alan Cheuse Makes His List

Author Interviews

Scott Spencer: Turning Orderly Lives Into Chaos

Interviews

In 'Willing,' Pursuits of the Flesh for a Flagging Spirit

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A Different Kind Of Immigrant Experience In 'Americanah'

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