Laurie Blauner

LAURIE BLAUNER is the author of seven books of poetry, three novels, and a novella. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in several publications, including The New Republic, The Nation, The Georgia Review, The Seattle Review, The New Orleans Review, Poetry, and American Poetry Review. She has received grants and awards from the NEA, the King County Arts Commission, the Seattle Arts Commission, Artist Trust, and Centrum. Her new novel, The Solace of Monsters, that this excerpt is from, has won the 2015 Leapfrog Fiction Contest and will be published in Fall 2016. Laurie received an MFA from The University of Montana and currently lives in Seattle, Washington.