Hester Young attended Tufts University, majoring in English and minoring in Latin American studies. She received her Masters degree in English from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Although her two years on the island of Oahu did produce a Masters degree in English. Following graduation, Hester returned to the east coast and began a five-year stint in southern New Hampshire as a high school English teacher. From her adventures teaching teenagers the art of fiction writing, she learned more than in all her previous years of higher ed. She currently resides in New Jersey with her husband and two young children, writing full-time.
I feel like the Louisiana swamp where one of the pivotal scenes in the book takes place is a good comparison for the novel overall. It’s murky and meandering and full of scary things you can’t quiet see but you know are out there. There’s a lot going on, but …