Victoria Patterson: 8 books

“Patterson focuses her unflinching eye on the dark heart of American male privilege . . . an important novel, both terrifying and redemptive.” —Jim Gavin, author of Middle Men Life is pretty sweet for Even Hyde. Despite his parents’ divorce in 2001, he’s doing just fine, having chosen...

**“Patterson beautifully parses the consequences of one woman’s fall in this memorable, penetrating, fully achieved novel.” —**The New York Times Book Review   Story Prize and California Book Award finalist Victoria Patterson revisits Newport Beach in This Vacant Paradise, examining the...

The true story of the first women to compete in Olympic track and field comes to life in this “rich and resonant” historical sports novel (Publishers Weekly)****. “A fascinating exploration of a little-known chapter in sports history. With gorgeous, restrained prose and a crystalline...

A “wonderfully realized” story collection that “scrapes off the glitter” of posh Newport Beach, California (Publishers Weekly). Welcome to Newport Beach, California—a community that often seems dazzling from a distance, but isn’t always as glamorous as we imagine. In this fresh...

The first story collection from acclaimed southern California writer Victoria Patterson since 2009's Drift Author an active and well-connected member of the California literary scene, and we expect strong event and festival appearances throughout the state and along the west coast Patterson's...

The historic, handsome city in the shadow of Los Angeles has been a creative hotbed since the Arroyo Arts & Crafts scene of the early twentieth century. This literary journal gathers short fiction by such Pasadena-area writers as Michelle Huneven (Blame), Victoria Patterson (This Vacant Paradise),...

We are proud to present the People of Color Take over FSI Special Issue! Edited by Nisi Shawl Fiction 'What Futures' by Su-Yee Lin 'Shadow Animals' by Stephen Graham Jones 'Darkout' by E. Lily Yu 'The Executioner' by Jennifer Marie Brissett 'I Understand' by Jermaine McGill 'Walking Round Money' by...

More than six hundred women-most likely many more-passed as men to fight in the American Civil War, and that's not counting the nurses and spies. In WWI women served as nurses and ambulance drivers, and in Russia Maria Boskareva's Women's Battalion of Death was not the only group of female fighters....