American Elsewhere
Shirley Jackson Award 2013.
From the acclaimed author of Mr. Shivers and The Company Man comes a haunting tale of modern America.
Ex-cop Mona Bright has been living a hard couple of years on the road,
but when her estranged father dies, she finds she's had a home all
along: a little house her deceased mother once owned in Wink, New
Mexico.
And though every map denies Wink exists, Mona finds
they're wrong: not only is Wink real, it is the perfect American small
town, somehow retaining all the Atomic Age optimism the rest of world
has given up on.
But the closer Mona gets to understanding her
mother's past, the more she begins to understand that the people in Wink are very, very different - and what's more, Mona begins to recognize
her own bond to this strange place, which feels more like home every
day.
Robert Jackson Bennett
Robert Jackson Bennett is a two-time award winner of the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel, an Edgar Award winner for Best Paperback Original, and is also the 2010 recipient of the Sydney J Bounds Award for Best Newcomer, and a Philip K Dick Award Citation of Excellence. City of Stairs was shortlisted for the Locus Award and the World Fantasy Award. City of Blades was a finalist for the 2015 World Fantasy, Locus, and British Fantasy Awards. City of Miracles is in stores now, and the entire Divine Cities trilogy is currently nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Series.
Robert lives in Austin with his wife and large sons.