In the decades leading up to The Birthday, there are other birthdays. One at a campground in New Zealand — a gift of possum-fur nipple warmers that I lose before getting a chance to enjoy them. … [Read more...] about The Big Birthday
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The Story Ends Because
We save the volcano for last, because— Because, because, because. … [Read more...] about The Story Ends Because
Elevator Dog: A Metaphor
We woke Christmas day in a downtown hotel in the city of my birth: me, the husband, and the dog. … [Read more...] about Elevator Dog: A Metaphor
News and Events
My new novel, THE LEAP YEAR GENE will be published August 6, by HarperCollins Canada, and as THE LEAP YEAR GENE OF KIT MCKINLEY by Union Square Press. For Canadian pre-orders, please click here. For US pre-orders, please click here. “The Leap Year Gene is an astonishingly beautiful, wonderfully unique, completely seductive novel about a woman who ages one year for every four. It is also a sweeping and memorable portrait of the 20th … [Read more...] about News and Events
Lucky-Lucky, Tiger and Pig
On March 5 in the Year of the Pig, exactly one month to the day of the Lunar New Year, my novel will be published. And believe it or not, in the Chinese Zodiac, the pig is my sign! Surely this must be auspicious? … [Read more...] about Lucky-Lucky, Tiger and Pig
Book Tour!
Mark your calendars, dear readers and would-be readers. … [Read more...] about Book Tour!