Books

 

Moonlight in Odessa

“The teetering dance between humor and heartbreak burns through this tale that takes place at the intersection of love and money, East and West, male and female.”
—Publishers Weekly

“This is a delicious novel—wise, witty, wonderfully written—and its narrator—street-smart, tender-hearted Daria—a pleasure to spend time with.”
—Vivian Gornick, author of Fierce Attachments

 
 

Montana Noir (anthology)

“Long shadows over Big Sky country... What could be a more unlikely breeding ground for noir fiction than Montana, whose wide-open landscapes seem the polar opposite of the mean streets of Los Angeles?... Caroline Patterson, Janet Skeslien Charles, and Debra Magpie Earling round out a surprisingly distinct and distinctive set of evocations of different Montana localities that make this collection, like a successful package tour, greater than the sum of its parts.”
—Kirkus

“Two stories resonated long after reading them: “Fireweed” by Janet Skeslien Charles about a stranger mysteriously murdered in a small town where everyone becomes a suspect; and “Trailer Trash” by Gwen Florio about two writing friends who compete with one another.”
—New York Journal of Books

 
 

A Million Acres (anthology)

A Million Acres is a stunning hardcover gift book featuring powerful writing about Montana's magnificent wild lands and open spaces by twenty of the state's finest contemporary writers.
—from the Publisher

 

Essays