Nina Packebush

"As a working-class teenage mom and avid reader, I was never able to find myself represented in books,” Nina Packebush says. “It was a lonely feeling that increased my feelings of worthlessness and isolation. Later, when I came out as queer, the chances of seeing myself represented in novels—even adult novels—became even less likely.”

"Nina Packebush is the real deal. Like an alchemist, she uses stark and poetic prose to transmute grief and hard luck into pure golden magic. Honest, lyrical, and as in love with the ugly as the beautiful, Packebush’s hotly-anticipated debut novel is sure to become an instant classic." —Ariel Gore, author, Breeder and The End of Eve; publisher, Hip Mama Magazine