Shining Sea has received its first Goodreads review, from someone who received an ARC (advanced reading copy): “Loved, loved, loved this book that traces the lives of a SoCal family over three generations and how war affected them all, either directly or indirectly. Korkeakivi has a gift for exquisite prose, a unique voice, and a…(Read More)

The publishing date for Shining Sea is August 9, but advanced reading copies have begun going out to book critics, booksellers, and book event organizers.  Anyone falling within that category who’d like a copy, please drop a line…(Read More)

If you look around this website, you’ll find a new tab up top, between “Home” and “An Unexpected Guest.” It’s for the new page for Shining Sea, with advance reviews, pre-order buttons, and a brief excerpt. Or else you could just look here. Isn’t it lovely? Eventually, the whole website will…(Read More)

Look a little ways down the column at the right side of any page on this site and you’ll see a link to my new(ish) Instagram account, as well as a two-photo preview of what I’ve been posting. Click on it, and I’ll see you there! To get to my…(Read More)

An Unexpected Guest made an unexpected appearance in an art installation at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, as well as on the blog of the Indianapolis Public Library, which wrote, “Korkeakivi’s novel moves smoothly while giving the reader a cagey look at diplomatic life after 9/11.” To read the whole book review as…(Read More)

Choosing a title always takes a little time (at least for this writer). Happy to announce SHINING SEA, coming from Little, Brown in 2016…(Read More)

This makes me happy: My new novel, An American Family, will come out from Little, Brown & Co. in 2016. Same house, same fab editor! More info to come, but the publishing announcement describes what the novel is about like this. The story spans from 1962 to the present, and southern California to the Inner…(Read More)

I’ll be a guest author during the Mount Blanc Writing Workshops, giving a reading on the evening of June 23* and chatting with students. The workshop instructors are fabulous – Cheryl Strayed, Pam Houston, Ann Hood, Alexander Chee, Erin Belieu, Alan Heathcock, and program director Michael Dahlie – and the setting and workshop ambiance dreamy.…(Read More)

Delighted to say Geneva, where I spend much of the year, will be getting a new place to find English-language books. To be more specific, Payot Libraire is consolidating two smaller locales into one beautiful airy four-storey shop right in the city center, which will include a café, a Nature & Découvertes…(Read More)

La joie! I’ll be in Paris the first week of March 2015, with three public events. On March 2, find me amongst the writers/musicians/artists at SpokenWord Paris, each for a five-minute performance. On the evenings of March 3 & 6, I’ll be reading and answering questions along with three other…(Read More)