Emily Schultz is a writer living in Toronto and New York. She is also the author of the novel Heaven Is Small, the short story collection Black Coffee Night, and the Trillium award–nominated collection of poems Songs for the Dancing Chicken (ECW Press, 2007). Nate Powell’s recent work includes Any Empire and Swallow Me Whole (Eisner Award winner for Best Graphic Novel, LA Times Book Prize Finalist, and Ignatz Award winner). He lives in Bloomington, IN.
"I loved" Joyland". Tammy Lane is the most convincing child
protagonist I've encountered in years, a cross between Lynda
Barry's Marlys, and Judy Blume's truth-seeking missile, Margaret."
"--"R. M. Vaughn, "National Post"
"Like a Reagan-era" Ice Storm", Emily Schultz's novel "Joyland
"captures the confusion of adolescent sexuality in a tangle of
pixillated icons via the video-game generation. Set in the summer
of 1984, this book will have you thinking twice about the
video-game generation and the power of pining and Pac-Man." "
--Flare"
"Schultz's latest is a satire of office life, romance novels, and
afterlife narratives. She has accomplished something quite
remarkable here, deftly juggling all this social commentary and a
rather blandly sympathetic protagonist with a sharp command of
language." "--Publishers Weekly "on "Heaven Is Small"
"This is recommended reading, nostalgic technicolour at its
sharpest. "Joyland "maps a believable world that depicts the grit
and glitz of teenaged life in the small-town 1980s." "--Matrix
Magazine"
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