Monica Drake, author portrait by Bellen Drake.

Thank you for taking a look at my site, and an interest in my writing. I appreciate it! 

I have an MFA from the University of Arizona and teach at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. My debut Novel, Clown Girl, is published by the amazing indie press, Hawthorne Books, and has won an Eric Hoffer Award as well as an IPPY. It’s been translated into Italian, and recently optioned for film by the brilliant Kristen Wiig (SNL, Bridesmaids). 

My next novel, The Stud Book, forthcoming from Hogarth Press (an imprint of Crown) will be out February 2013. 

Buy Clown Girl from Amazon.

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