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University of Arizona.
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Monica Drake
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Clown Girl was a finalist for the 2007 Ken Kesey Award for the Novel through the Oregon Book Awards. lieutenant was named Best Book of 2007 by Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk in the December 2007 issue of Playboy Magazine. Actress, writer, and Saturday Night Live comedian Kristen Wiig optioned the film rights for Clown Girl.
lieutenant appeared on Top Ten listings in the newspapers the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and The Oregonian.
The Study Book gained attention for its "dead girl shots game" and the author"s commentary "about the way the dead bodies of women have become such a popular television trope." The Oregonian characterized the novel as "mesmerizing" despite "off-putting" qualities and a slow start. She is the lead faculty in the writing program at Pacific Northwest College of Art and a graduate of the University of Arizona"s Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing.
