Good news for everyone who loved Back to the Future, The Time Traveler's Wife, and Time and Again: the newest page-turner is Stealing Time, a smart, funny caper that will steal your heart. When there’s no time left, you have to steal it! New York, 2020. Tori’s world is falling apart. Between the pandemic and her parents’ divorce, what else could go wrong? Plenty! Like discovering that a jewelry heist forty years ago sent her grandfather to jail and destroyed her family. New York, 1980. Bobby’s life is pretty great—until a strange girl shows up in his apartment claiming to be a visitor from the future. Specifically, his future, which apparently stinks. Oh, and did she mention she’s his daughter? Soon Bobby and Tori have joined forces to save the mystical gemstone at the heart of all their troubles. But a gang of thugs wants it too, and they’re not about to let a couple of teenagers get in their way. This time-travel jewelry heist will keep you guessing till the end! "Jacobs and Birnbach’s time-traveling adventure combines SF and elements of classic caper and heist stories. Fans of will find much to love here. Though the concept of going back into the past to meet younger versions of family members has been done, Jacobs and Birnbach’s characters are distinctive enough to keep this work feeling fresh. [This] solid, lighter SF yarn [is] a delight. A classic, well rendered." - Kirkus Reviews
Authors
Norman Birnbach is the author of Stealing Time, a 2024 Claymore Top Pick at the Killer Nashville Writers Conference, and more than 100 op-eds, articles, and short stories published The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Wall St. Journal, New York Magazine, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, the Militant Grammarian and other publications. A native New Yorker, he lives outside Boston with his wife, three children, and dog, Taxi. Follow him on Twitter: @NormanBirnbach or visit his website: normanbirnbach.com.
