THE NIGHT LISTENER

Gabriel Noone, a San Francisco storyteller distraught over a recent breakup, forms an unlikely phone friendship with a dying boy. But when this virtual father-son bond is rocked by doubt, Gabriel embarks on a desperate search for the truth that leads him to a snowbound village in Wisconsin—and into the depths of his own troubled heart.

“Surprising and sophisticated…a mystery studded with elegant twists and turns… The reader is captivated and won’t be able to get on with things until The Night Listener is wolfed down whole, like a midnight snack eaten standing up at the kitchen sink.”  - New York Times Book Review

“With rare authority, humor and stunning grace, Maupin explores the risks and consolations of intimacy while illuminating the mysteries of the storytelling impulse.”  - Chicago Tribune