Miranda C Heller books

Miranda Cowley Heller is the author of The Paper Palace, a bestselling literary fiction novel set on Cape Cod over the course of a single day.

Poetry Collections

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What the Deep Water Knows 2025 Buy

Standalone Novels

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Miranda Cowley Heller is best known for The Paper Palace, her debut novel published in 2021. The book became a bestseller and was selected for Reese Witherspoon’s book club. Set over the course of 24 hours at a family compound on Cape Cod, the novel follows a woman forced to make an impossible choice.

Heller worked as a senior vice president at HBO before turning to fiction. Her second publication, What the Deep Water Knows, is a poetry collection due in 2025. She brings a screenwriter’s sense of pacing to her prose, and The Paper Palace was optioned for a film adaptation.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Miranda C Heller written?

Miranda C Heller has written two books across two series.

What was Miranda C Heller's first book?

Miranda C Heller’s first book is The Paper Palace, published in 2021.

What is The Paper Palace about?

The Paper Palace follows Elle, a woman spending the summer at her family’s Cape Cod estate, who must choose between her husband and her childhood love after a single night changes everything. The novel moves between past and present as Elle reconsiders the events that shaped her life.

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