Notes From the Margin
Observations, musings and updates from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger. Exploring the psyche, culture, and relationships through story.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 3
- Latest publication
- Aug 1, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 15, 2026
Latest issues
Signed Copies Up for Grabs Today! (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Have you read SERVED HIM RIGHT yet? If not, now is a perfect time. Head over to Goodreads for your chance to win a signed copy today. Giveaway ends at midnight. Good luck and happy reading! Enter Here<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1655" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u1Qu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_
Writing Outside Your Lived Experience (opens the original)
Read excerpt
When you put two writers together to talk about language, they are definitely going to write it out!Recently in my writing, I was surprised to discover that a character I was getting to know on the page was in a wheelchair due to an accident. Theo is resourceful, an accomplished gamer, with a huge social media following where her platform is about body positivity and empowerment for folks with disability. Realizing that I had a deep responsibility as a writer and as a person to portray Theo with
Exclusive Cover Reveal in People Magazine! (opens the original)
Read excerpt
I’m beyond thrilled to share this early first look at my upcoming March 2027 novel SHE WAS NEVER HERE in People magazine! And I can’t wait for you to meet Ivy Chase, the young woman at the heart of this novel who finds herself in desperate circumstances. Huge thanks to the folks at Park Row and HTP Books for creating a cover that manages to be both dark and beautiful, giving me (and hopefully you, too) goosebumps. Stay tuned for excerpts, bonus material, news, giveaways and all sorts of good stu
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.