KATHERINE SHONK is the author of the novel HAPPY NOW? and the story collection THE RED PASSPORT, a Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year. Her writing has appeared in Best American Short Stories, McSweeney’s, Tin House, and elsewhere. She works as an editor for Harvard University and lives in Chicago with her husband and daughter.
KATHERINE SHONK is the author of the novel HAPPY NOW? and the story collection THE RED PASSPORT, a Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year. Her writing has appeared in Best American Short Stories, McSweeney’s, Tin House, and elsewhere. She works as an editor for Harvard University and lives in Chicago with her husband and daughter.
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