Rules of Civility\, published in 2011\ , was a New York Times bestseller and was named by the Wall S treet Journal as one of the year's best books. The book has been tran slated into over 15 languages and was optioned by Lionsgate to be made int o a feature film. Towles&rsquo\;s second novel\, A Gentleman in Moscow \, published in 2016\, was on the New York Times bestseller list for two years and was named one of the best books of 2016 by the Chicago Tribune\, the Washington Post\, the Philadelphia Inquirer\, the San Francisco Chronicle\, and NPR. The book has been translated into over 35 languages. The novel was optioned by Ente rtainment One via Tom Harper&rsquo\;s company Popcorn Storm Pictures to be made into a 6-8 hour miniseries for Paramount+ and Showtime starring Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead\, set to premiere in Spring 2024. Mo st recently\, in 2021\, The Lincoln Highway debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and was a Today Show\, &l dquo\;Read with Jenna&rdquo\; book club pick as well as one of the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2021\, a Washington Post &l dquo\;Best Book of the Year\,&rdquo\; one of Barack Obama&rsquo\;s favorit e books of 2021\, #1 on Amazon&rsquo\;s list of &ldquo\;Best Books of the Year\,&rdquo\; and was one of Bill Gates&rsquo\; &ldquo\;5 \;Great Boo ks for the Summer.&rdquo\; His books have sold more than 6 million copies worldwide and have been heralded as irresistible\, marvelous\, and gorgeou sly crafted books of beauty.
\nBorn and r aised in the Boston area\, Amor Towles graduated from Yale College and rec eived an MA in English from Stanford University. As well as Rules of C ivility\, A Gentleman in Moscow\, and The Lincoln Highwa y\, Mr. Towles is also the author of the e-book You Have Arrived at Your Destination\, part of Amazon's Forward collection. He also ed ited and wrote the introduction for The Mysterious Bookshop Presents T he Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023 (Mysterious Press/Penzler Pu blishers\, September 19\, 2023). His next book\, Table for Two\, is a collection of short stories to be published in April 2024. Mr. Towles is the 2023 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award recipient. Havi ng worked as an investment professional for over twenty years\, Mr. Towles now devotes himself full-time to writing in Manhattan\, where he lives wi th his wife and two children.
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