Tucson Festival of Books

Alisa Alering (they/them)



Lance Thorn

Alisa Alering is the author of the novel "Smothermoss," an Appalachian gothic that the New York Times Book Review calls "deliciously weird...a compulsive journey through a wild, unknowable landscape and the wilder hearts of young girls." A former librarian and science and technology reporter, they grew up in the mountains of Pennsylvania and now live in Tucson.

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Awards: Calvino Prize

Communities: Arizona Author, Tucsonan, Gender Nonconforming


Book:
Smothermoss
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Tin House Books, LLC
January 2024
ISBN 9781959030584
264 pages