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Tracy DeBrincat

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Contemporary, Humor and Comedy

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Tracy DeBrincat’s new story collection, Troglodyte, was awarded the 2012 Elixir Prize from Elixir Press and was released in January 2014. Her novel Hollywood Buckaroo received the 2011 Big Moose Prize and was published in 2012 by Black Lawrence Press. The short story collection Moon Is Cotton & She Laugh All Night received the Innovative Prize for Fiction and was published by Subito Press. Her short stories and poetry have appeared in journals from Another Chicago Magazine to Zyzzyva. San Francisco is her hometown, but she loves living in Los Angeles. She is currently working on a YA novel titled How to Kill Your Coyote.

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Tracy DeBrincat My most recent book, Troglodyte, is a collection of short stories that came out in January 2014. The title came from an area of France that has Troglo…moreMy most recent book, Troglodyte, is a collection of short stories that came out in January 2014. The title came from an area of France that has Troglodyte caves that my husband and I were visiting on our honeymoon. I loved the word, which refers to both a cave dweller and someone who is innocent of the ways of the world. Plus, there's that song by the Jimmy Castor Bunch. (Hotpants!) The events of the title story were inspired by something that actually happened when I was a kid and a runaway girl was living in our basement. (less)

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	Hollywood Buckaroo 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Moon Is Cotton & She Laugh All Night by Tracy DeBrincat (Goodreads Author), Emily Tipps (Contributor) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010	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
	Troglodyte really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Buckaroo Proper it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Berkeley Fiction Review, Volume 18 by Grace Fujimoto (Editor), Nikki Thompson (Editor), Tracy DeBrincat (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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