Iowa Writers' Workshop grad, Chris Adrian, is set to release his new novel, The Great Night, this year -- it was one of the National Post’s most anticipated books of 2011. Adrian was recently featured in The New Yorker’s 20 Under 40 Fiction Issue, and he has already published two novels (Gob’s Greif and The Children’s Hospital) and one collection of stories (A Better Angel).

The Great Night, set to release on April 26th, is a retelling of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and set in San Francisco. Read about Chris Adrian’s anticipated new novel and see the National Post’s complete list here.