Horror writer Carrie-Edmund Laben is here for a book signing of her new book Smoke Season!
“Wild, genre-bending […] those drawn in by the thrilling premise and unexpected plot twists will be entertained.” —Publishers Weekly
“Completely unlike other novels, Smoke Season takes the reader on a trippy journey […] For fans of cosmic mysteries and conspiracy theories.” —Booklist
“A mystery that begins with the hazy memory of a forgotten sibling in a cage, spirals outward, entwining dark conspiracy with visions of utopia. Mesmerizing and unlike anything else you’ve read, Smoke Season will challenge your notions of what Weird and political fiction can achieve.” —Paul Tremblay, NYT bestselling author of Horror Movie and Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep
CARRIE-EDMUND LABEN grew up in western New York. They earned their BS at Cornell and later their MFA at the University of Montana. They now live in Queens, where they spend a lot of time staring at birds.
Their work has appeared in such venues as Birding, Clarkesworld, The Dark, Indiana Review, Okey-Panky, and Outlook Springs. In 2017 they won the Shirley Jackson Award in Short Fiction for the story “Postcards from Natalie” and Duke University’s Documentary Essay Prize for the essay “The Wrong Place”. Other honors include the Anne LaBastille Memorial Writer’s Residency (2015), the MacDowell Fellowship (2018), and the Brush Creek Residency (2019).
