News & Reviews (FORGET I TOLD YOU THIS)
- A Bookseller Confronts a Mysterious Company Hunting His Rarest Books — Mother Jones (September 2026)
- FORGET I TOLD YOU THIS Announced Finalist for the 2023 Northern California Book Award — Poetry Flash (August 2024)
- Hilary Zaid Announced Winner of the 2024 Publishing Triangle's Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award — March 2024
- By the Book — Diablo Magazine (March 2024)
- The Dystopian Now — Lilith Magazine (February 2024)
- Is This the World We Really Want? — The New Territory (February 2024)
- Art, Tech and Queer Coming-of-Middle-Age in Forget I Told You This — The New Territory (March 2024)
- Hilary Zaid. Forget I Told You This, writing a techno-thriller and handmade magic — Arts Calling Podcast (January 2024)
- Four Novels of 2023 That Are More Jewish Than You Thought — Moment Magazine (December 2023)
- 10 Books to Read When You Want to Feel Better About Your Dysfunctional Family — Chicago Review of Books (December 2023)
- A Bay Area Tech Thriller From the Brave New Present — Mother Jones (September 2023)
- FORGET I TOLD YOU THIS * STARRED REVIEW * — Foreword Reviews (September 2023)
- September's Most Anticipated List — Lambda Literary (September 2023)
- The Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books for Fall 2023 — Electric Literature (August 2023)
- In This Hilary Zaid Novel, the Protagonist is an Artist at Midlife Up Against a Social Media Giant — New Arrivals, KALW and on NPR Podcasts (October 2023)
- 2023 Books by Oakland Authors — The Oaklandside (December 2023)
- Hilary Zaid, Author of FORGET I TOLD YOU THIS on Between the Covers — KBOO.FM Portland (September 2023)
- New Releases: September 2023 — LGBTQ Reads
- Oakland author's thriller observes a daunting digital future not unlike our own — SF Chronicle Datebook (August 2023)
- September Releases by Bay Area Authors — Bay City Books (September 2023)
- Book Q&A with Deborah Kalb — (September 2023)
- 2023 SEPTEMBER QUEER RELEASES — Queer Bookdom
- CULTURE BUZZ — Interview with John Busby on KFMG, Des Moines (August 2023)
- JEWISH ARTIST VS. SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT IN 'FORGET I TOLD YOU THIS' — J. The Jewish News of Northern California (August 2023)
- ANNOUNCING THE FIRST BOOK IN THE ZERO STREET FICTION SERIES — University of Nebraska Press Blog
Best of... (PAPER IS WHITE)
- 9 Books about Identity and Gender by Jewish Women and Nonbinary Writers — Electric Lit
- QUEER JEWISH NARRATIVES — Jewish Book Council (December 2021)
- 2019 GOLD MEDAL WINNER — Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), LGBT+ Fiction
- 2019 FOREWORD INDIES BOOK OF THE YEAR SILVER MEDAL WINNER (Foreword Reviews)
- Long List for Fiction — Northern California Independent Bookseller's Association (NCIBA)
- "50 Must-Read LGBTQ Fiction Books" — BookRiot
- "50 of the Best LGBTQ Books of 2018" — Autostraddle
- "9 Best LGBT Novels to Look Out for in 2018" — UK Independent
- "Your Summer Reading List: New Books from Bay Area Authors" — East Bay Express
- "11 LGBTQ Books to Read During Pride Month" — Off the Shelf
- "Your Ultimate Gay Girl Reading List" — After Ellen
- "These 10 New LGBTQ+ Books Are the Perfect Way to Celebrate Pride Month" — PopSugar
- "Page-Turners for Beach or Pool" — Washington Blade
- "A Year of Good Reading" — UK Jewish Chronicle
- "Must-Read February New Releases" — BookRiot
- "Your Favorite LGBTQI+ Novels" — Reddit
- "9 LGBTQIA+ Books to Read This Summer" — Ronnie's Awesome List
News & Reviews (PAPER IS WHITE)
NEWS & Reviews
- "10 New, Underrated Books that Absolutely Deserve a Spot on Your Bookshelf" — Daily Kos
- "Interventions: An Interview with Hilary Zaid by Frederick Luis Aldama" — American Book Review
- "A Conversation Between Amy Feltman & Hilary Zaid" — Jewish Book Council
- "Sounds of Silence Echo in Generations" — San Francisco Chronicle
- "Bridging Queer and Jewish Identities in Debut Novel from East Bay Author" — J. Northern California's Jewish Weekly
- "The Holocaust and the Dot Com Boom Intertwine in this New Novel" — Lilith Magazine
- "Worth the Paper It's Printed On" — Gertude Press
- "Paper is White by Hilary Zaid" — Lambda Literary
- "Paper is White" — Jewish Book Council
- "Hilary Zaid on Writing Habits and Writing Spaces" — Habit & Space
- "Oakland Author Launches Novel Set in Rockridge" — East Bay Times
- Q & A with Hilary Zaid — Book Q & A with Deborah Kalb
- Book Buzz: Paper is White — Books Is Wonderful
- Paper is White — Foreword Reviews
- "The Weight of Silence, The Weight of Words: An Interview with Hilary Zaid" — Newfound
- Interview with Hilary Zaid — with Elizabeth Andersen, Sandra Moran Book Club, The Tenth Voice, Kansas City Radio KKFI.org
- "Hilary Zaid's Paper is White Presents a New Perspective on LGBTQ+ Issues" — Gandy Dancer
- "Visiting author reads from first novel, discusses identity" — The Lamron (SUNY Geneseo)
- "JCCSF Hosts Intergenerational Dinner for LGBTs" — Bay Area Reporter