加•澤文 (Gabrielle Zevin ，1977—)

美國作傢、電影劇本編劇。年輕並極富魅力，深愛閱讀與創作，為《紐約時報書評》撰稿，現居洛杉磯。

畢業於哈佛大學英美文學係，已經齣版瞭八本小說，作品被翻譯成二十多種語言。14歲時，她寫瞭一封關於“槍與玫瑰樂團”的信 函投給當地報社，措辭激烈，意外獲得該報的樂評人一職，邁齣瞭成為作傢的第一步。28歲時，她齣版《時光倒流的女孩》一舉成名。一直以來，她對書、書店以及愛書人的未來，充滿見解。她的第八本小說《島上書店》在2014年以史無前例的最高票數，獲選美國獨立書商選書第一名。

作者官網：http://gabriellezevin.com/

Is it possible to grow up while getting younger?

Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It’s quiet and peaceful. You can’t get sick or any older. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere’s museums. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Stop by Marilyn Monroe’s psychiatric practice.  Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driver’s license. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. And now that she’s dead, Liz is being forced to live a life she doesn’t want with a grandmother she has only just met. And it is not going well. How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward? This moving, often funny book about grief, death, and loss will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned.