11.   Estep herself is halfway through her second novel about a person suffering from a severe brain injury.

12.   Flam is with a law firm in Washington, where the couple now live, while Meltzer is working on his second novel.

13.   For instance, Riverhead last year published the second novel written by Chang-rae Lee, a Korean-American.

14.   He says he never felt compelled to write a second novel that would live up to the critical and commercial success of his first.

15.   He is now on a leave from that job and, after the financial success of his second novel, evidently has no need to return.

16.   Her second novel is to be published this year.

17.   Here, Pierre works on a society-altering second novel and drifts into unkempt lunacy.

18.   His publishers buoyed him with optimism and a healthy advance for a second novel.

19.   His second novel, due in July, deals with his adolescence.

20.   His second novel, new in paperback, is not so easy to enjoy.