Prose. Dana Killmeyer's lush and assured debut novel introduces the reader to a fine new prose stylist. Her controlled, acute imagery strongly illustrates the protagonist's transition, conflict, and awakening in an enthralling narrative about life and personal growth. PARADISE, OR THE PART THAT DIES is a well-written character study of inner turmoil where the straight and clear shifts to the darkly mystical.
"Her prose is clear, crisp, understated—yet at times still manages to convey the warp of the dream."—Michael S. Begnal
Author City: PITTSBURGH, PA USA
Dana Killmeyer was born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1978. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1999 with a Bachelors of Arts degree in fiction writing. She spent two years living and working on farms before she returned to Pittsburgh. Paradise, or the part that dies is her first novel.