Books like Wonder Valley

Ivy Claire Pochoda (born January 22, 1977) is an American novelist and former professional squash player. Pochoda grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where she attended Saint Ann's School. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband, filmmaker and screenwriter Justin Nowell.

Pochoda holds a BA from Harvard College (1998) in Classical Greek and English and American Literature. She also received an MFA in 2011 from Bennington College in Fiction. She was the 2009 James Merrill House Writer in Residence.

Her first novel, The Art of Disappearing was published in 2009 by St. Martin's Press. Her second novel, Visitation Street was published by Ecco, a publishing imprint of HarperCollins, in July 2013. Visitation Street is only the second title chosen by Dennis Lehane for his eponymous imprint. Sceptre, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton, will publish Visitation Street in the United Kingdom. Wonder Valley was published by Ecco in 2017.