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‘That Octopus Book’ Remarkably Bright Creatures is Becoming a Movie! – OctoNation, 8/20/2024

‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ Author Shelby Van Pelt is an Armchair Octopus Fan, Just Like YouThe Advocate, Baton Rouge, 8/20/2024

Sally Field, ‘Where The Crawdads Sing’ Director Olivia Newman Adapting ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’The Hollywood Reporter, 8/14/2024

Shelby Van Pelt’s Remarkably Bright Creatures still going strong almost two years after it was publishedThe Globe and Mail, 3/22/2024

Shelby Van Pelt’s Remarkable Octopus Book – Blue Frontier Rising Tide podcast, ep103, 2/26/24

Author Shelby Van Pelt on the success of her book ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’WGN Radio 720 Chicago, 1/22/2024

How ‘That Octopus Book” Won Over More Than a Million ReadersThe New York Times, 12/20/2023

The Thoughtful Bro Podcast with Mark Cecil, 11/14/2023

Looking for a twist on the whodunit? Two mysteries veer into uncharted territoryNPR Fresh Air, 12/20/2022

The 40 Best Books of 2022Glamour, 12/13/2022

The 50 Best New Books of 2022 That You Won’t Be Able to Put DownGood Housekeeping, 9/22/2022

On the Power of Description, Platonic Love, the Conflicted Experience of Relationships, and Her Debut Novel, “Remarkably Bright Creatures”Write or Die, 5/30/2022

‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ author Shelby Van Pelt on growing up in Tacoma, ‘stuckness’ and moreThe Seattle Times, 5/26/2022

In ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures,’ an octopus tells a feel-good storyThe Washington Post, 5/4/2022

Powell’s Q&A: Shelby Van Pelt, author of ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ – Powell’s Bookstore, 5/3/2022

The Most Eagerly Anticipated Fiction by Women in 2022Marie Claire, 3/31/2022

Our Favorite Books of Spring! 31 Books We’re Loving This SeasonParade, 3/21/2022

13 Writers to Watch in 2022Bookpage