?There was a book. Oh man was there a book. It is still to this day a book I mention it to any book lover if asked for a recommendation. The best books stick with you, often reminding you of the power, and potential, of storytelling, and House of Leaves is one of those books.??Michael Seidlinger on Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves.

In this volume in Ig Publishing's Bookmarked series, where an author critically engages with a book that influenced their life and writing, author Michael Seidlinger shows how the creativity and language of Danielewski's modern classic of experimental contemporary literature was a template for his own journey to becoming a writer.

MICHAEL J. SEIDLINGER is a Filipino American author of Anybody Home?, Scream (Bloomsbury's Object Lessons), and other books. He has written for, among others, Wired, Buzzfeed, Thrillist, Goodreads, The Observer, Polygon, The Believer, and Publishers Weekly. He teaches at Portland State University and has led workshops at Catapult, Kettle Pond Writer's Conference, and Sarah Lawrence.