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Isle McElroy

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Isle McElroy is based in Brooklyn. Their debut novel, The Atmospherians, was named a NY Times Editors' Choice. Their second novel, People Collide, was named a best book of 2023 by Vulture, NPR, Vogue and was a New York Times Critics' Pick. Their third novel, Satellite, will be published by Viking in 2027. Other writing appears in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, The Cut, Vulture, GQ, Vogue, The Atlantic, Tin House, and elsewhere.

Isle was named one of The Strand's 30 Writers to Watch. They have received fellowships from The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, The Tin House Summer Workshop, The Sewanee Writers Conference, The Inprint Foundation, The Elizabeth George Foundation, and The National Parks Service.

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Average rating: 3.47 · 6,076 ratings · 1,215 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Atmospherians 3.42 avg rating — 3,195 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	People Collide 3.54 avg rating — 2,727 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	no ordinary love by Roxane Gay (Goodreads Author), R.O. Kwon (Goodreads Author), Oisín McKenna 2.15 avg rating — 85 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daddy Issues 4.54 avg rating — 37 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Side of the Divide: New Lore of the American West by Danilo John Thomas (Editor), Vanessa Hua (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Willy Vlautin 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goods by Matthew Baker (Goodreads Author), Isle McElroy (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Allegra Hyde (Foreword) 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Satellite: A Novel 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Comes Out of Your Mouth (A Short Story) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Satellite it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — expected publication 2027	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Isle McElroy liked Leah's review of Satellite: A Novel: "Sexy and devastating. A stunning exploration of intimacy, both of caregiving and with the self. "
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Isle McElroy and 1 other person liked Ellen Ross's review of Satellite: A Novel: "This was such a unique and fascinating book with a relatable plot and I loved that it takes place in the 90s. Johanna is a character I truly adored as she navigates her life and marriage and the possibility that she could escape it all. There were so" Read more of this review »
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Isle McElroy and 1 other person liked Kira Osborne's review of People Collide: "they wrote this book with me in mind and meticulously placed it in the hands of a mutual friend so that that friend could recommend it to my friend and then my friend could say she heard it was good and then i put off reading it for the longest time " Read more of this review »
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“Your pain won’t impress anyone. The people your pain does impress aren’t worth impressing.”
― Alex McElroy, The Atmospherians

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“I was angry at them. And I wanted to hurt them. I believed seeing them hurting might free me of my anger, as if justice were some kind of cosmic seesaw in which bringing them down might lift my spirits. This is not justice, however. This is revenge. And there is no end to revenge. That's the point of it.”
― Alex McElroy, The Atmospherians

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“We longed for ennui and weariness, but what we felt was a deep, gullible passion for anywhere else splashing inside us like a puppy in a pool.”
― Alex McElroy, The Atmospherians

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