Lydia Netzer

Lydia Netzer is an American novelist.

Her debut novel Shine Shine Shine was named one of the 100 Notable Books of 2012 by The New York Times.^[1] The book tells the story of a pregnant woman with alopecia, her astronaut husband, their autistic son, and her mother, who is dying from cancer.^[2] The song Shine by Carbon Leaf provided inspiration for the book's title.^[3]

Netzer's second novel, How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky, is about a pair of astrophysicists destined (through their mothers' planning) to fall in love.^[4]

Books

• Shine, Shine, Shine, St. Martin's Press, 2012
• Everybody's Baby: A Novella, St. Martin's Press, 2014
• How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky, St. Martin's Press, 2014