{"product_id":"in-the-event-of-contact-stories-9781950539260","title":"In the Event of Contact: Stories","description":"Irish author delivers stories of the necessity and abuse of connection, and the persistence of wonder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRohan, Ethel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ethel Rohan is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Event of Contact\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Dzanc Short Story Collection Prize (2021). Her debut novel \u003ci\u003eThe Weight of Him\u003c\/i\u003e (St. Martin's Press and Atlantic Books, 2017) was an Amazon, Bustle, KOBO, and San Francisco Chronicle Best Book, and was shortlisted for the Reading Women Award. She is also the author of the story collections \u003ci\u003eGoodnight Nobody\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCut Through the Bone\u003c\/i\u003e, the former longlisted for the Edge Hill Prize and the latter longlisted for the Story Prize. Her work has appeared widely, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, World Literature Today, The Washington Post, PEN America, Tin House, Guernica\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. Raised in Ireland, she lives in San Francisco where she is a member of the Writers Grotto.","brand":"Dzanc Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51182826422546,"sku":"9781950539260","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_20b8f066-8521-465e-b324-f27860562bde.jpg?v=1744447693","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-event-of-contact-stories-9781950539260","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}