Monica Drake

Monica Drake's most recent book, The Folly of Loving Life, has been compared to the stories of Denis Johnson's Jesus Son. Her earlier novels include The Stud Book and Clown Girl, which was optioned for film by Kristen Wiig. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Paris Review, The Sun, Beloit Fiction Review, Oregon Humanities Magazine, Northwest Review, and Nerve.com. She once wrote an entire 100 page issue of "The Stranger," a free weekly newspaper in Seattle, which flooded the city. You can find her interviewed here: https://soundcloud.com/kinkfm/monica-drake-the-folly-of-loving-life-clown-girl-the-stud-book

Reviews of her most recent work include:

https://heavyfeatherreview.com/2016/06/09/the-folly-of-loving-life-by-monica-drake/

http://electricliterature.com/the-wisdom-of-loving-the-folly-of-loving-life/

http://www.wweek.com/arts/2016/02/24/the-folly-of-loving-life-by-monica-drake/