October 7
A story in my old college paper, the Daily Pennslyvanian. They always do a great job.

October
Review on Girlfriendbooks.com

September 21
Short review in the Buffalo News: "Carrie Pilby" by Caren Lissner. If you're looking for a comic commentary on school, parents, growing up, and everything else, read this book. Carrie is a 19-year-old Harvard graduate who fears life outside her apartment. Her therapist makes her a "to-do list" which includes going on a date (she submits a personal ad for someone "very, very smart"), joining a group (she attends an evangelistic church in hopes of exposing it as a hoax), and telling someone she cares (the man behind the coffee counter). As she slowly enters the mainstream, she discovers that life -- and people -- aren't as bad as she thought.

August 13
The Miami Herald has reprinted the below story. This is the link to the list of five chick lit books to read: link

July 27
The Dallas-Fort Worth Star-Telegram, in a sidebar to its "chick lit" article, said:
"Carrie Pilby By: Caren Lissner Details: Red Dress Ink, $12.95. Paperback.
Credentials: Released last month and roundly applauded. Disguised as chick lit, critics say, but is something much better.
The heroine: Carrie Pilby, a 19-year-old genius living in New York.
The story: Carrie, who skipped three grades in school, has just graduated from Harvard. Brilliant but not socially streamlined, she sees a therapist - who encourages her to date and join an organization. Adventure, suspicion and moral ambiguity ensue.
Why it's worth reading: It's a smartly written book. And Carrie is likable the way MTV's animated Daria is likable - smart, antisocial, prone to overanalyze, ultimately vulnerable. But when she runs into confusing circumstances, she manages to learn something about herself and the world. Not qualities you find in just any chick lit.

The main story includes some quotes from me about the future of chick lit.

July 1

Penn Gazette story and interview.

The July Book magazine, published by Barnes & Noble, notes toward the end of an article about 'chick lit' books, in a section about those that fall outside the constraints of the genre: "The star of Carrie Pilby, a Red Dress Ink book, is a misanthropic 19-year-old genius struggling to reconcile herself to life among the phonies."

NEW! June 19

Daily Pennsylvanian story on the Philly reading and photo of me sucking on a lemon

June 11

Philadelphia CityPaper article.

Philadelphia Weekly interview.

Various dates: weblog entries on the internet mentioning Pilby

June 9

My mobylives article on chick lit

June 1

Extensive article in the Hudson Reporter newspaper chain.

June 2

Www.likesbooks.com review.

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