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Marisa Kashino

Biography

Marisa Kashino

Marisa Kashino was a journalist for 17 years, most recently at The Washington Post. She spent the bulk of her career at Washingtonian magazine, writing long-form features and overseeing the real estate and home design coverage. She grew up near Seattle, graduating from the University of Washington with a degree in journalism and political science. She lives in the DC area with her husband, two dogs and two cats. BEST OFFER WINS is her first novel.

Marisa Kashino

Books by Marisa Kashino

Best Offer Wins
by Marisa Kashino - Fiction, Humor

Eighteen months and 11 lost bidding wars into house-hunting in the overheated Washington, DC suburbs, Margo Miyake gets a tip about the perfect house, slated to come up for sale in one month. Desperate to escape the cramped apartment she shares with her husband Ian, Margo becomes obsessed with buying the house before it’s publicly listed and the masses descend. A little stalking? Harmless. A bit of trespassing? Necessary. As Margo infiltrates the homeowners’ lives, her tactics grow increasingly unhinged, but just when she thinks she’s won them over, she hits a snag in her plan. Undeterred, Margo will prove that there’s no boundary she won’t cross to seize the dream life she’s been chasing. The most unsettling part? You’ll root for her, even as you gasp in disbelief.