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Jessica Elisheva Emerson
Olive Days
Winner of the GLCA New Writers Award
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Finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize's Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction
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"Stunning, steamy, and unique."
-People Magazine, from its Must-Read Fall 2024 list
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"Emerson’s first novel deftly captures the longings of a woman trapped between passion and obligation."
-Washington Post
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"I haven't read a book in a long time that made my jaw drop like Olive Days..."
-Marion Winik, NPR​
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“Intense, uninhibited [. . .] this bold debut is unlike anything you’ve seen before.”
-Kirkus Reviews
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“…Emerson’s effervescent debut
[. . .] is titillating and thought-provoking in equal measure.”
-Publisher’s Weekly
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Jessica's award-winning debut novel Olive Days from Counterpoint Press (Editor Dan López) is available now. Read reviews, praise, and a synopsis here.
Jessica's stories and poems have been published in numerous journals and she's a produced playwright.
After nearly 23 years in Los Angeles, Jessica returned to her native Sonoran Desert, where she lives with her husband and children. Ask her about pie, Rancho Gordo beans, 1970s singer/songwriters, her challah-braiding technique, or the recipe for a perfect Old Fashioned.
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