Emily Fridlund

Emily Fridlund is an American author of literary fiction. History of Wolves is her debut novel, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and became one of the most discussed literary debuts of its year. Set in the forests of northern Minnesota, the novel follows a teenage girl living in the remnants of a former commune who becomes entangled with a young family whose secrets have devastating consequences. Fridlund's writing is praised for its atmospheric evocation of the Minnesota wilderness, its psychologically complex narrator and the moral ambiguity that permeates every relationship in the story. The novel explores themes of isolation, responsibility, belief and the dangerous power of observation. Her prose is precise, haunting and deeply controlled. Her audiobooks and books mark the arrival of a major new talent in American literary fiction.