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Kristen Arnett

Biography

Kristen Arnett

Kristen Arnett is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel MOSTLY DEAD THINGS and the award-winning collection FELT IN THE JAW. A queer writer based in Florida, she has written for The New York TimesGuernica, McSweeney’sThe Guardian and elsewhere. She has been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award and a winner of the Ninth Letter Literary Award in Fiction and the Coil Book Award.

Kristen Arnett

Books by Kristen Arnett

by Kristen Arnett - Fiction

If she’s being honest, Sammie Lucas is scared of her son. Working from home in the close quarters of their Florida house, she lives with one wary eye peeled on Samson, a sullen, unknowable boy who resists her every attempt to bond with him. Uncertain in her own feelings about motherhood, she tries her best while growing increasingly resentful of Monika, her confident but absent wife. As Samson grows from feral toddler to surly teenager, Sammie’s life begins to deteriorate into a mess of unruly behavior, and her struggle to create a picture-perfect queer family unravels. When her son’s hostility finally spills over into physical aggression, Sammie must confront her role in the mess --- and the possibility that it will never be clean again.