A New York Times Bestseller 'Hilarious. Schumacher brilliantly uses the epistolary form to show Jay's desperation in the face of his crumbling university, career, life.' New York Times 'Witty. Schumacher manipulates the epistolary genre to great effect.' Independent 'I love this novel . Very funny and clever.' Viv Groskop, Red Magazine 'The art of writing letters is slowly disappearing, but Julie Schumacher's hilarious, heart-warming and, at times, sad, novel Dear Committee Members is a perfect illustration of the power of words written in ink on paper. Epistolary novels are difficult to pull off, but Schumacher succeeds, putting together a novel through which the voice and character of the protagonist shine through in every funny, painful, cringe-worthy and heartbreaking letter.

' Sarah Shaffi, The Bookseller 'A smart-as-hell, fun-as-heck novel composed entirely of recommendation letters.' Newsweek 'Bitterly hilarious . I urgently recommend this novel.' Wall Street Journal 'A funny and lacerating novel of academia written in the form of letters of recommendation.' Slate Bitterly hilarious . I urgently recommend this novel.' Wall Street Journal 'A funny and lacerating novel of academia written in the form of letters of recommendation.' Slate.