Description:
You know what they say. Move to Hollywood, sell out, lose your soul.
Brief description: Kate Maruyama is the author of Harrowgate, Bleak Houses, and The Collective and her novella Family Solstice was named Best Fiction Book of 2021 by Rue Morgue Magazine. Her short work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies and she is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, and winner of the Uncharted Short Story Prize. She served on the working Board for Women Who Submit, and the Board for the Shirley Jackson Awards. She writes, teaches, cooks, and eats in Los Angeles.
Review Quotes:
"Compelling, suspenseful, and wonderfully disturbing, The Collective is a convincing look at our worst fears about Hollywood's dark secrets." - Andromeda Romano-Lax, author of The Deepest Lake
"A horror of Hollywood gone rotten, The Collective is a siren-seductive tale of fame and hope, desire and dreams, wrapped up in a lushly-realized SoCal setting. You'll smell the sea breeze and the smog as Maruyama leads you through backlot deals and secret studios. A beautiful nightmare of a tale from an LA insider. More, please!" - Elizabeth Broadbent, author of Ink Vine
"Those who have worked in Hollywood will nod, laugh, and shudder at The Collective...and those who haven't will still love this smart, witty, and super-creepy inside look at the infernal truths behind the Dream Machine." - Lisa Morton, six-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award