The Author, caught by surprise.
My novel Heart of Junk was published by Simon & Schuster in January 2020. You can order it here. It received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist , was named a Best Book of 2020 on NPR 's Weekend Edition, and was praised by such literary luminaries as Al Borland from TV’s Home Improvement .
My short story collection, I am a Magical Teenage Princess , published in 2012, was cited by Roxane Gay in the New York Times as her “favorite book no one has ever heard of.”