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Desiree Prieto Groft’s work has appeared in Newsweek, Huffington Post, and Rome Today. She also had a print column and blog at the San Antonio Current and contributed to the Emmy award-winning NBC Chicago Street Team. She teaches literature and writing at Arizona State University's New College.

You can read her #1 Amazon bestselling novel now: Girl, Unemployed.

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Thank You Readers! One Year Later and Girl, Unemployed Still Making Bestseller Lists…

Over one year ago, I published Girl, Unemployed. This spring, it hit the Amazon Bestseller lists again at #25 and #70 in Travel Humor for paperback and ebook, alongside big names like David Sedaris. While it isn’t #1 again, I’m incredibly grateful for the readers who continue to discover and share the book! This past year has taught me so much about persistence, creative work, and what it means t

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Published on May 04, 2026 08:32
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Girl, Unemployed

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Thank You Readers! One Year Later and Girl, Unemployed Still Making Bestseller Lists…

Over one year ago, I published Girl, Unemployed. This spring, it hit the Amazon Bestseller lists again at #25 and #70 in Travel Humor for paperback a Read more of this blog post »
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“They say it takes a village to raise a child. I think it takes a village to raise an adult. We have to lift each other up.”
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“And then I had an epiphany. They say it takes a village to raise a child. I think it takes a village to raise an adult. We have to lift each other up.”
Desiree Prieto Groft, Girl, Unemployed

“And this nonsense about coming of age once? I think we come of age over and over again with every passing decade.”
Desiree Prieto Groft, Girl, Unemployed

“Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book and remembering—because you can’t take it all in at once.” —Audrey Hepburn”
Desiree Groft, Girl, Unemployed

“And this nonsense about coming of age once? I think we come of age over and over again with every passing decade.”
Desiree Prieto Groft, Girl, Unemployed

“Anybody can be successful during the great times, right? But that’s not success to me. I think success might have something to do with conquering the world even through the hardest of hardships.”
Desiree Prieto Groft, Girl, Unemployed

“Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book and remembering—because you can’t take it all in at once.” —Audrey Hepburn”
Desiree Groft, Girl, Unemployed

“They say it takes a village to raise a child. I think it takes a village to raise an adult. We have to lift each other up.”
Desiree Groft, Girl, Unemployed

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