Description Debut coming-of-age novel from the "indelible, shrewd and frank and real" (Emily Gould) writer DAZED describes as "a combination of Denis Johnson and Joan Didion" It\'s 1997, and 14-year-old Juliet has it pretty good.
She lives in West Virginia with her husband, the writer Scott Mc Clanahan..
Her writing can be found in places like Lenny, Catapult, VICE, Prelude, Dazed, and Hobart and has already been translated into many languages.
About the author Juliet Escoria is the author of the poetry collection WITCH HUNT (Lazy Fascist Press 2016) and the story collection BLACK CLOUD (CCM/Emily Books 2014), which were both listed in various best of the year roundups.
An explosive portrayal of teenage life from the perspective of The Bad Friend, Juliet THE Maniac is a bold, stylish breakout book from an author already crackling on the indie scene.
But over the course of the next two years, she rapidly begins to unravel, finding herself in a downward trajectory of mental illness and self-destruction.
Description Debut coming-of-age novel from the "indelible, shrewd and frank and real" (Emily Gould) writer DAZED describes as "a combination of Denis Johnson and Joan Didion" It\'s 1997, and 14-year-old Juliet has it pretty good
