BOOKS

In a dystopian New York future, writer Frederic Redfern breaks the story of Jeffrey Morwitz, a billionaire philanthropist with an unknown past and controversial plans for the future. A bold and character-driven psychological thriller with wit, grit, and stylistic influences of David Foster Wallace and Somerset Maugham.

(Literary fiction; 242 pgs, pub. 2018)

Redfern's second novel is a daring twist through time. An original tale woven with ancient myth, it follows a Greek goddess and her forbidden love with an Egyptian pharaoh. Met with a father's wrath, a brother's cunning, and the unknown dangers of the Fates, the two adventure through heavens and hells, determined to stay together.

(Upmarket fiction, 159 pgs, pub. 2023)

Redfern's third and forthcoming novel, a mid-century memoir with coauthor Laurie Boutwell about her experience growing up with a mother addicted to sleeping pills and a father who was a Catholic priest. A heart-wrenching and vibrant journey through a broken family, a dissolved identity, and the hypocrisies of modern faith. (Memoir, 70k words, unpublished, currently querying).