‘The Lost Boys Symphony’ Has a Fascinating Concept and Strong Plotting and Pacing
This realistic novel about a collegiate love triangle develops into a fascinating genre-bender about time travel and mental illness.
Anita Felicelli
Anita Felicelli is a writer and attorney who lives in Northern California. She is the author of Izzy and Poe, a children’s book about two corgis; a novel, Sparks Off You; and the poetry collection, Letters to an Albatross. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, Verdict, The Rumpus, Publishing Perspectives, Babble, the Mountain View Voice and elsewhere. She holds a Bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley in art, rhetoric and English, and graduated from UC Berkeley School of Law. Follow her on Twitter @anitafelicelli.
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