Booklist gives The Gypsy Moth Summer a **STARRED REVIEW** "[Fierro] succeeds in creating a suspenseful, richly symbolic drama and coming-of-age story. Poignant, raw, and, at times, brutally honest about the poison concealed behind the charming facade of a quaint community, this is an intense and meaningful read."
My second novel, The Gypsy Moth Summer, will be published by St. Martin’s Press on June 6th. Cutting Teeth, my debut novel was released in May 2014, and my work has appeared in Poets & Writers, BuzzfeMy second novel, The Gypsy Moth Summer, will be published by St. Martin’s Press on June 6th. Cutting Teeth, my debut novel was released in May 2014, and my work has appeared in Poets & Writers, Buzzfeed, Flavorwire, Guernica, The Millions, and other publications, and I've been profiled in the L Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, The Observer and The Economist. In 2002, after graduating from the Iowa Writer's Workshop, I founded The Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop, and what started as eight writers meeting in my Brooklyn kitchen has grown into a creative home for over 4,000 writers in NYC, Los Angeles and Online. juliafierro.com