Monica Drake
Encyclopedia
Monica Drake is an American
fiction
writer known for her novel
, Clown Girl. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona
's MFA
program in creative writing. Clown Girl was named best book of 2007 by Chuck Palahniuk
in the December 2007 issue of Playboy Magazine and was a finalist for the 2007 Ken Kesey
Award for the Novel through the Oregon Book Award
s. The book also won the Eric Hoffer
Award for best Micro Press title and the Ippy Award for Story Teller of the Year from the Independent Publisher Book Awards. She tries to write every day, while fitting in time for her free time.
She lives in Portland, Oregon
with her husband, novelist Kassten Alonso, and daughter.
Her novel Clown Girl is about a girl that has to find her true self. This book was released in February 2007.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
fiction
Fiction
Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...
writer known for her novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
, Clown Girl. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
's MFA
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
program in creative writing. Clown Girl was named best book of 2007 by Chuck Palahniuk
Chuck Palahniuk
Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk is an American transgressional fiction novelist and freelance journalist. He is best known for the award-winning novel Fight Club, which was later made into a film directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter...
in the December 2007 issue of Playboy Magazine and was a finalist for the 2007 Ken Kesey
Ken Kesey
Kenneth Elton "Ken" Kesey was an American author, best known for his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , and as a counter-cultural figure who considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. "I was too young to be a beatnik, and too old to be a...
Award for the Novel through the Oregon Book Award
Oregon Book Award
The Oregon Book Awards are presented annually by Literary Arts, Inc. for "the finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, drama and young readers literature." -History:...
s. The book also won the Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer was an American social writer. He was the author of ten books and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983...
Award for best Micro Press title and the Ippy Award for Story Teller of the Year from the Independent Publisher Book Awards. She tries to write every day, while fitting in time for her free time.
She lives in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
with her husband, novelist Kassten Alonso, and daughter.
Her novel Clown Girl is about a girl that has to find her true self. This book was released in February 2007.