Lucas Schaefer’s debut novel, THE SLIP, is now available from Simon & Schuster. You can order THE SLIP here!
The Slip is a finalist for the 2025 Kirkus Prize in fiction and is a USA Today national bestseller. It was an anticipated book of the summer from the New York Times, the Washington Post, People, Lit Hub and NPR.org.
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Recent features on THE SLIP include a profile in Texas Monthly, a conversation on Book Public from Texas Public Radio, an interview on Defector, and a segment on the Book Report from CBS Sunday Morning.
Lucas’s work has appeared in One Story, The Baffler, Slate and other publications. He holds an MFA from the New Writers Project at UT-Austin. Lucas lives with his family in Austin.