Author Archives: Tracey Palmer

About Tracey Palmer

Tracey Palmer is founder of Palmer Communications, editor of Dead Darlings, and a regular contributor to Cognoscenti at WBUR, Boston's NPR station. A scholarship graduate of Grub Street’s Novel Incubator, Tracey's first, unpublished novel was named a finalist in the Writer’s League of Texas manuscript competition. She was a scholarship recipient at the Salty Quill Writers Retreat and selected to attend the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She's currently seeking representation for her novel, ALIVE DAY, a gritty, upmarket drama about a wounded soldier who returns from Afghanistan to a son who needs her to be a mother, not a soldier—but if she can't control her nightmares and come to terms with what really happened in Kandahar, she could lose her boy, and even herself.

Virtual Book Tour Debut: Rishi Reddi, Passage West

“Reddi’s Steinbeck-ian tale adds a valuable contribution to the stories of immigrants in California.” –Publishers Weekly “Reddi’s richly imagined, character-driven novel sheds light on a little-known history of Indians in the U.S. and surprisingly echoes current events.” –Booklist

Dead Darlings Debut: Kate Milliken, Kept Animals

“Kept Animals is a darkly beautiful book, tender yet powerful, an exquisite exploration of hurt and desire, the why of wanting, taking, and giving.” —Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle and Half Broke Horses “In this rugged and ravishing debut, a tragic car…

Virtual Book Tour: Layne Fargo, Temper

“For potboilers, nothing comes close to Temper. There’s violence here, but it’s not only physical; it’s emotional and psychological, even intellectual.” –The New York Times Book Review What is your book about?  Temper (Scout Press/Simon & Schuster, paperback April 2020)…