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5 Spot is Grand Central’s trade paperback imprint featuring fresh, original voices in women’s fiction and nonfiction.

Featured Books

  • Henny on the Couch
  • Henny on the Couch

  • By Rebecca Land Soodak ,

  • Cathleen Schine meets Lucinda Rosenfeld in this wonderfully written debut novel about a woman struggling to make sense of her past in order to create a meaningful future.

  • Leaving Sophie Dean
  • Leaving Sophie Dean

  • By Alexandra Whitaker ,

  • A quirky and often hilarious story--combining the wit of Sophie Kinsella with the emotional resonance of Marisa de los Santos--about a woman who thinks her comfortable world is crumbling, but realizes that change can be good after taking matters into her own hands.

Featured Books

  • The Second Time We Met
  • The Second Time We Met

  • By Leila Cobo ,

  • Critically acclaimed author Leila Cobo delivers an emotional story of a young man's hunt for his birth mother, perfect for fans of New York Times bestselling authors Jodi Picoult and Ann Quindlen.

  • These Days Are Ours
  • These Days Are Ours

  • By Michelle Haimoff ,

  • Commencement meets Less Than Zero in this novel about a young woman who, still jobless after college and living in her family's 5th Avenue penthouse, tries to make sense of her wide-open future in post-9/11 Manhattan.

Featured Authors

  • Claire LaZebnik

  • Get To Know

  • Claire LaZebnik

  • Claire LaZebnik lives in Los Angeles with her TV writer husband and four children. She is the author of the novels KNITTING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, THE SMART ONE AND THE PRETTY ONE, and IF YOU LIVED HERE, YOU'D BE HOME NOW.

  • Roisin Meaney

  • Get To Know

  • Roisin Meaney

  • Roisin Meaney was born in Listowel, Co Kerry, Ireland. She has lived in the US, Canada, Africa, and Europe. In 2002, Roisin won the Tivoli Write a Bestseller competition with her first novel, The Daisy Picker, which was subsequently followed by Putting Out Stars. Roisin is currently based in Limerick. SEMI-SWEET is her sixth book.

Manuscript Submissions

Due to the volume of submissions we receive, the editorial department of 5 Spot is unable to accept unsolicited material. While we cannot recommend an agent, agent lists can be found in such resources as the Literary Market Place, available in most public libraries or on literarymarketplace.com.

 

Contact Information

For inquiries regarding Grand Central Publishing and all of its imprints, please email grandcentralpublishing@hbgusa.com

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