Juliet Escoria is an American writer. She was born in Australia, raised in San Diego, and lives in West Virginia with her husband, the writer and martial artist Scott McClanahan.[1]

Juliet Escoria
Escoria in 2014
Escoria in 2014
OccupationWriter, artist
NationalityAmerican
EducationBrooklyn College (MFA)
GenreLiterary Fiction
Website
julietescoria.com

She published a collection of stories with accompanying videos[2] titled Black Cloud (2014). Black Cloud received positive reviews at Flavorwire,[3] Bullet Magazine [4] and Volume 1 Brooklyn [5] It was mentioned in the lists of best books of 2014 at The Fader,[6] Salon,[7] and Flavorwire.

Escoria’s work has appeared in publications such as Electric Literature, Hobart,[8] VICE The Believer,[9] and Guernica. Escoria holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from Brooklyn College.

Escoria also created companion videos to accompany the stories in Black Cloud.[10]

Bibliography edit

  • Black Cloud (2014, Civil Coping Mechanisms)
  • Witch Babies (2015, Holler Presents)
  • Witch Hunt (2016, Lazy Fascist)
  • Juliet the Maniac (2019, Melville House)

References edit

  1. ^ Escoria, Juliet. Hobart (magazine), September 6, 2014. "True Life: I Married Scott McClanahan"
  2. ^ Juliet Escoria's Vimeo account
  3. ^ Diamond, Jason, Flavorwire, July 15, 2014, "The Best Indie Literature of 2014 So Far".
  4. ^ Maharry, Lindsay, Bullett, June 13, 2014, "The Sexual Masochism of Juliet Escoria".
  5. ^ Carroll, Tobias, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, May 6, 2014, "Talking Literary Viscera, Memory, and EMA with Juliet Escoria".
  6. ^ Fader, The, December 19, 2014, "The FADER Presents: LISTMANIA! 2014".
  7. ^ Filgate, Michele, December 29, 2014, "Salon’s What to Read Awards: Top critics choose the best books of 2014".
  8. ^ Escoria, Juliet, Hobart, September 6, 2014, "True Life: I Married Scott McClanahan".
  9. ^ Escoria, Juliet, The Believer, November 7, 2014, "An Interview with Lindsay Hunter" Archived 2015-09-09 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ^ Escoria, Juliet, Vimeo, 2014 "Juliet Escoria's videos".

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