Emma Cline’s writing career took off in 2014 when, at age 25, she sold her debut novel, The Girls, to Random House in a seven-figure deal. Back then, Cline’s main credentials were an MFA—she had just graduated from Columbia—and a Plimpton Prize from the Paris Review for her short story “Marion” (since collected in her second book, Daddy).
Now she’s a respected novelist about to publish her second novel and third book, The Guest (Random House, May). Like her past work, The Guest grapples with themes related to coming of age—namely the mingling loneliness, wonder, and danger of being on the cusp of adulthood.
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