Fruit Fly

First published 2026 · debut

Reception

  1. 2026
    Los Angeles Times

    Reviewed by Emily St. Martin, 15 September

  • Los Angeles Times · 15 September 2026

    The secret to Josh Silver’s bestselling book ‘Fruit Fly’? Go gay. Go sad. Go dark.

    Author Josh Silver turns publishing’s obsession with trauma on its head in his buzzy, sold-out debut ‘Fruit Fly.’ The acclaimed author will discuss his book in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

    By Emily St. Martin

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Mallory Maddox is buried under seven years of writer’s block. With her status as a literary sensation fizzling, she’ll do anything she can to resurrect her career. Inspiration needs to strike—and fast.

Enter Leo. He’s a struggling addict sleeping under bridges and trading sex for survival. He’s vulnerable. He’s enigmatic. He’s exactly what Mallory has been looking for.

Mallory needs Leo if she wants another bestseller. The world needs Leo’s story right now, and Mallory believes she deserves to tell it. Really, it’s her story—she’s the one who wrote it, after all.

But as secrets threaten to unravel more than just her career, Mallory must decide how far she will go to pen the perfect story.

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Catalogue record

Crooked Lane Books

Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
ISBN
979-8-89242-637-4
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Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
ISBN
  • 979-8-89242-637-4
Author
Silver, Josh
Statement
Fruit Fly / Josh Silver.
Records
Open Library