Gabriel Tallent was born in New Mexico and raised on the Mendocino coast by two mothers. He received his B.A. from Willamette University in 2010, and after graduation spent two seasons leading youth trail crews in the backcountry of the Pacific Northwest. My Absolute Darling is his first novel and was a New York Times bestseller. Tallent lives in Salt Lake City.
Gabriel Tallent was born in New Mexico and raised on the Mendocino coast by two mothers. He received his B.A. from Willamette University in 2010, and after graduation spent two seasons leading youth trail crews in the backcountry of the Pacific Northwest. My Absolute Darling is his first novel and was a New York Times bestseller. Tallent lives in Salt Lake City.
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