Tag: Books by Caroline Bock
The reviews are coming in for The Other Beautiful People by Caroline Bock…POWERFUL says this book critic…
“Powerful,” says Sarahlyn Bruck at the Washington Independent Review of Books
With The Other Beautiful People, Caroline Bock isn’t the first author to shine a spotlight on the entertainment industry. But instead of steering our gaze toward the glamorous, Hollywood-based, and yes, beautiful people most readers are all too familiar with, she asks us instead to follow the tight-knit team of regular folks behind the fictional Cinema Channel, a classic-movie cable outlet in Midtown Manhattan….(read the entire review here…) The Other Beautiful People | Washington Independent Review of Books
June 2, 2026
Caroline Bock, author of The Other Beautiful People, and a 2026-2027 JBC AUTHOR…insights here
2026-2027 JBC Author
Hello all!
I’m Caroline Bock, author of The Other Beautiful People, a workplace love story, my first novel for adults.
And I’d love to come speak with your organization about this novel, which Kirkus Reviews recently called “…a remarkable journey…”
If you are looking for someone to be on a panel or featured as a writer with a new and immersive novel, I would be happy to focus on a close-up of The Other Beautiful People for you, and I can bring something very special and fun to the table – CLASSIC MOVIE TRIVIA.
I am a huge classic movie buff. In fact, I worked for 20 years at movie-focused cable tv networks—notably at AMC, BRAVO, and IFC as the senior vice president marketing and public relations where I met many classic movie stars and worked on shows like Inside the Actor’s Studio with James Lipton at Bravo or Reflections on the Silver Screen with Richard Brown on American Movie Classics.
The main character of The Other Beautiful People, Amy Greene (who has a similar job at the fictional Cinema Channel!), sees the world as her movie set –and the people in it—characters on the silver screen. So, if you want someone who can weave a book talk around classic movie trivia – what actor had the real name of Bette Joan Perske…and hailed from the Bronx? (Lauren Bacall), or David Daniel Kaminsky from Brooklyn? (Danny Kaye)…I am here to give you a close-up look at The Other Beautiful People and the classic movie stars who inspired it via fun, interactive trivia interspersed throughout my book talk.
So, The Other Beautiful People. All infused with optimism, insights, and some special prizes for answering the trivia! Ultimately, a thoughtful and joyful presentation.
Arrange for me to talk to your organization via the Jewish Book Council: Home | Jewish Book Council. Thank you for the opportunity to share my creative work with you.
REVIEWS of THE OTHER BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
FICTION — FROM THE LIBRARY JOURNAL
The Other Beautiful People
Regal House. Jun. 2026. 266p. ISBN 9781646037292. pbk. $19.95. FICTION
In her first novel for adults, Bock (Carry Her Home) draws on her two-decade PR career within the cable television industry. Set during the early aughts shortly after 9/11, the first-person narrative is recounted by Amy, a marketing executive at a classic cinema network. It’s a demanding job, and her recent move from New York to the DC suburbs further complicates her situation, especially as she tries to commute by train and work remotely. Her husband’s heart attack, the sale of her network, and other personal events force Amy to make some significant life decisions. This is a beautifully written novel that uses poetic and poignant language to describe New York City under the somber specter of a post-9/11 world. The author so deftly depicts the long workdays Amy endures that readers will commiserate with her exhaustion. This book also provides a glimpse of life before smartphones, wireless computing, video conferencing, and remote work became the norm.
VERDICT Will have wide appeal, as it explores numerous subjects, including the complexities of marriage, death, grief, love, nostalgia, and work/nuclear family dynamics.
Reviewed by Erica Swenson Danowitz , Apr 24, 2026
BOOKS by Caroline Bock
LIE – a critically acclaimed (starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, Booklist, and the Library Journal) young adult novel, inspired by a true crime, about love and hate in suburban America. Published by St. Martin’s Press. LIE is for ages 14 and above.
LIE…starred reviews
“Suspenseful and thought provoking.” starred review, Booklist
“Unusual and important.” starred review, Kirkus Reviews
“…reads like a confessional.” starred review, Publishers Weekly
“…will grip readers.” starred review, Library Journal
NOW AVAILABLE IN SPANISH… LA MENTIRA / LIE…
Available in Spanish for the first time this spring of 2025. Available in paperback and in ebook formats everywhere books are sold. Everybody knows. Nobody is talking. Todos lo saben. Nadie habla. More details about LA MENTIRA here.
Before My Eyes – A long hot summer on Long Island. Three teens working at a beach snack shack. Romance. Tragedy. Before My Eyes captures a moment when possibilities should be opening up, but instead everything teeters on the brink of destruction.
“[a] gripping novel.” —Publishers Weekly” [an] unflinching thriller.” —Bookpage
From St. Martin’s Press and highly acclaimed for its sensitive, character-driven story, Before My Eyes is a young adult novel for ages 16 and above. Optioned by Tangerine Entertainment.
CARRY HER HOME…WINNER OF THE FICTION AWARD FROM THE WASHINGTON WRITERS’ PUBLISHING HOUSE. FORTY-SEVEN STORIES FROM FLASH TO FULL-LENGTH THAT WILL BREAK YOUR HEART AND CARRY YOU HOME.
A REVIEW FROM THE FOREWORD INDIES:
Carry Her Home
Caroline Bock
Washington Writers’ Publishing House (Oct 15, 2018)
Softcover $17.95 (216pp)
978-1-941551-16-5
In an early piece in this book of short, connected stories, Caroline Bock establishes a daughter’s reverence for her father: “let me recall the days when I picked tomatoes beside my Pop, and ate one or two directly from the vine at his direction in his garden under the sun, and I was young, and I was a child loved.”
Bock moves from a child who is loved to child who is sidelined by grief and stress when her mother suffers an aneurysm that leads to institutionalization, leaving behind her children and her floundering husband. In this autobiographical and imaginative book, Bock imbues her parents’ story with compassion, rich detail, and cumulative power.
The forty-seven stories gather around the central narrative of Bock’s parents, though the book also fast forwards to Bock’s adult life and reverses to understand her grandparents. From a misguided and slapdash escape plan to a magical dance, an awkward family dinner to a notion store owned by a grandfather, Bock sketches rich landscapes and fully realized scenes.
While each story can stand on its own, it is when they accrue that the book’s power is fully realized, giving it the depth and detail of a novel. Conscious of her own creative approach, Bock chose a medium that allows for the room to imagine her way into her parents’ lives, thoughts, and emotions. Her father, Pop’s, voice is powerful as he moves from courting to marrying to losing his wife.
The stories range from near prose poems and flash fiction to longer, more traditional short story forms. Bock uses the varying lengths to create a rhythm in the reading, with the short punch of “The Understanding” moving into the longer, cinematic “The Day After the Dance.” Experimental and genre-bending, these stories bring together the introspection
of memoir with the imaginative detail and potential of fiction.
CAMILLE-YVETTE WELSCH (November/December 2018
COMING SOON! THE OTHER BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
(Regal House Publishing). June 2, 2026.
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