Love Begins in Winter
ISBN: 13: 9780061661471

"...Characters on the verge of giving up--anchored to dreams that never came true, and to people who have long disappeared from their lives--Van Booy's characters walk the streets of these stark and beautiful stories, until strange, chance meetings with strangers--and these lost souls are suddenly faced with the responsibility for lives they thought had continued on without them."

In the first story, world famous French cellist Bruno Bonnet lives only through music, bringing audiences across the world to their feet with the virtuosity of his playing. But in private, Bruno is a broken man, hopelessly  withdrawn from society, unable to maintain relationships---a prisoner to a past event he witnessed and can never forget. But decades of emotional isolation come to a sudden end when Bruno collides with Hannah at the Beverly Hills Hotel. As their lives entangle and secrets are revealed, they begin a journey together with the hope that love can survive the winter of their lives.

The Secret Lives of People in Love
ISBN: 1-933527-05-6

The Secret Lives of People in Love is an evocative debut story collection set in present day New York City, Paris, Rome and Greece. Simon Van Booy explores love's labor and love's loss with masterful simplicity and in touching detail. His prose is spare, economical and evanescent. His characters are often unbearably lonely, vulnerable and private. Their realities are so filled with memories that they seem transcendental and independent of time. Simon Van Booy's voice is reverent, haunting and profoundly humane.