Fruit of the Dead

An electric, beguiling contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set over the course of one summer on a lush private island, about addiction and sex, family and independence, and who holds the power in a modern underworld.

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Rachel Lyon is the author of Self-Portrait with a Boy, a finalist for the Center for Fiction's 2018 First Novel Prize, and Fruit of the Dead, an Oprah Daily best book of 2024 which the *New York Times called superb and refreshing. Rachel's short stories have appeared in One Story, The Rumpus, Electric Literature,* and other publications. She has taught most recently at Bennington College and the American University of Paris, where she was the 2024 Paris Writer in Residence. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, she lives with her family in Western Massachusetts.