Ashley Hutson is a writer living in rural Maryland. Her work has appeared in Granta, Electric Literature, Catapult, Fanzine, and elsewhere. Her honors include the 2018 Small Fictions Award, judged by Aimee Bender, and several Pushcart Prize nominations.
Hutson's new novel, One's Company, is among BuzzFeed's Must-Read Summer Books.
At Electric List she tagged eight books "about characters who create their own version of reality," including:
The Driver’s Seat by Muriel SparkRead about the other entries on the list.
“You’re not my type!” Lise, the main character, screams this phrase at other people as she hunts for someone to assist in her own annihilation. The plot of this book unfolds over the span of a couple days in an unnamed European country, and follows erratic Lise as she searches for The One.
--Marshal Zeringue
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