A Starred Review from Kirkus!

Kirkus posted a starred review ofMonsters in Appalachiaon its Web site on Tuesday! It's scary as heck putting a book out into the world, and Kirkus is known to be pretty tough. I breathed a big sigh of relief when I heard the review was positive, but then it was also given the Kirkus star! Whoever you are, anonymous reviewer, thank you for reading. I'm glad you enjoyed the book, and I'm grateful for your kind remarks.Here's what the reviewer had to say, in part, "A memorable debut: each of these stories is as original and multidimensional as the characters who inhabit them."Read the full review here. And please feel free to share the happy news. It comes to us poor bedeviled writers so very rarely. Thanks much!