Description: "[A] compelling debut...Townsend's writing [is] full of fresh turns of phrase and keen insights." --Ayana Mathis, New York Times Book Review
Brief description: Jacinda Townsend studied at Harvard University and Duke University Law School before receiving her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She lives in Bloomington, Indiana, and teaches creative writing at Indiana University. Saint Monkey is her first novel.
Review Quotes: An absolute marvel of a book. Jacinda Townsend is dazzling as she transports the reader to a different time and place.--Roxane Gay, author of Difficult Women and Hunger