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# Santa Monica author releases first novel
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-author-releases/
- Published: 2015-06-10T13:07:38.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:39:33.000Z
- Author: Editor
- Tags: Community, amazon, books, briefs, charlie fig and the lip, new york, new york city, Santa Monica, Shelley Surpin, steven charnow, unsolicited press, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 14:44

Unsolicited Press has released Santa Monica resident Steven Charnow's first novel, "Charlie Fig and the Lip."

Set in Brooklyn, 1959, Aaron Lipstein is about to graduate at the top of his high school class, but when his best friend Charlie Figatelli dupes him into searching for Charlie's missing father, Aaron is drawn into a dangerous quest that will change his life forever.

The book is now available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Unsolicited Press.

Charnow grew up in New York City, including some memorable years in Brooklyn. His novel, "Charlie Fig and the Lip," was inspired by his childhood explorations along the marsh shallows of New York City's Jamaica Bay. He now lives in Santa Monica with his wife, Shelley, where he is writing his next novel.