Propelled by a terrific instinct for storytelling, and concerned with the convolutions of modern love and the importance of place, this collection is about the battlefields-and fields of victory-that exist in seemingly harmless spaces, in kitchens and living rooms and cars. Smart, surprising, and evocative, Meloy’s brilliantly observed stories fully engage the mind and heart.Įleven unforgettable new stories demonstrate the emotional power and the clean, assured style that have earned Meloy praise from critics and devotion from readers. Meloy’s command of her characters’ voices is breathtaking their fears and desires are deftly illuminated. And in “Aqua Boulevard”-winner of the 2001 Aga Khan Prize for Fiction-an elderly Parisian confronts his mortality. In “A Stakes Horse,” a woman confronts risk and loss at the racetrack and at home. In “Ranch Girl,” the college-bound daughter of a ranch foreman must choose which adult world she wants to occupy.
1976,” two couples face a complicated grief when one of the four dies.
Most are set in the modern American West, made vivid and unexpected in Meloy’s unsentimental vision others take us to Paris, wartime London, and Greece, with the same remarkable skill and intuition. Lean and controlled in their narration, abundant and moving in their effects, Maile Meloy’s stories introduce a striking talent. This critically celebrated debut collection marks the exciting beginning of prize-winner Meloy’s promising career. She is agented by Amanda Urban at ICM (literary), and by Clifford Murray at Management 360 (TV and film).įourteen remarkable stories that combine strong Western settings with a subtle and distinct female voice. Her essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Slate, Sunset, and O.Īs a screenwriter, Maile also wrote for the Netflix Series "The Society", which will in future be a graphic novel, as well as the "Accused" show on Fox. She is best known for the short story collection Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It (2009), which was not only listed among the Ten Best Books of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, but was also listed among the best books of the year by the Los Angeles Times and .Ī lover of all things books, Maile is the recipient of multiple accolades and recognitions, including: The Paris Review’s Aga Khan Prize for Fiction the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story the Rosenthal Foundation Award (American Academy of Arts and Letters) as well as two California Book Awards, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Maile Meloy is an American screenwriter and author of young adult fantasy and children’s books.
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