Remain Calm

This hilarious, original, tour de force takes NYT best-selling author Gloria Nagy’s scalding, clear-eyed view of life in the absolute present and pulls out all narrative stops. Fast, furious, and laugh-out-loud funny, REMAIN CALM is a look at ourselves and the astonishing way life’s curve balls can turn what starts as utter terror into exactly what we need.

This hilarious, original, tour de force takes NYT best-selling author Gloria Nagy’s scalding, clear-eyed view of life in the absolute present and pulls out all narrative stops. Fast, furious, and laugh-out-loud funny, REMAIN CALM is a look at ourselves and the astonishing way life’s curve balls can turn what starts as utter terror into exactly what we need. Nagy has been aptly compared to Tom Wolfe and Woody Allen, among others. Her ability to layer her work, combining literary illusion, keen reporting, wonderful story-telling and deep empathy, sadness, and truth under the farce on the surface, puts her own stamp on this and her other work. Covering everything from sex, seniors, salsa, and the stress of twenty-first century reality, here she just goes for it. This is a “poquito” novel, without a metaphor or narrative drive to spare.

Gloria Nagy is a novelist and screenwriter. She is the author of nine novels including the best selling, "A House In The Hamptons" Her critically acclaimed novel, "Looking for Leo," has been adapted as a mini-series for CBS. Her last novel, "The Beauty" is set in Newport and Cape Cod and has been called "a terrific fable about the futility of escape, the inevitability of evil and the power of redemption." She is currently working on an independent film adaptation of her novel, "Virgin Kisses," and a musical review for women entitled, "Where Do I Go Now?". Ms. Nagy has just completed her latest novel "Remain Calm." Gloria Nagy is a member in good standing of the Authors Guild, Author League and the Screenwriters Guild of America. She is a frequent speaker at the TED Conference in Monterey, California (Technology, Entertainment & Design) and has been interviewed on social issues by Nightline. She has appeared frequently on television and has done over fifty radio interviews on subjects relating to her work and how her themes intersect the zeitgeist. Critics have called her "the social chronicler of her time" and "The female Tom Wolfe" for her ability to "stick pins in all the hot air balloons." Her opinions and observations have been expressed in reviews and articles for national magazines such as Lears, Traveler, Self and Cosmopolitan, as well as in speeches and writing seminars. Her novels have been published around the world and translated into numerous languages including German, Japanese, Hebrew, Russian and Dutch. Titles by Author: "Virgin Kisses" - Warner Books/Penguin International - 1978 "Unapparent Wounds" - William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1981 "Natural Selections" - Villard Books, 1985 "Radio Blues" - St. Martin's Press 1988 "A House in the Hamptons" - Dell Publishing, 1990 "Looking for Leo" - Delacorte Press, 1992 "Marriage" - Little, Brown and Company, 1995 "The Wizard Who Wanted To Be Santa" - Sheer Bliss Communications LLC, 2000 "The Beauty" - Peter Mayer/Overlook Press, June 2001 "SeaSick" - Jorge Pinto Books, June 2009 "Remain Calm" - Sheer Bliss Communications, October 2012 Ms. Nagy lives in Newport, Rhode Island with her husband Richard Saul Wurman. They have four children, six grandchildren and three dogs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.