Marisha Pessl (born 1977) is an American writer best known for her debut novel, "Special Topics in Calamity Physics". Pessl was born near Detroit, Michigan, to Klaus, an Austrian engineer for General Motors, and Anne, an American homemaker. Pessl's parents divorced when she was three, and she moved to Asheville, North Carolina with her mother and sister. Wikipedia
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics is the smart, impressive debut novel from 28-year-old Marisha Pessl . She offers the story of Blue van Meer, who recounts her senior year at the exclusive St. Gallway School with a dead-on deadpan voice, quick wit and a www.pastemagazine.com/action/article?article_id=3184
