Jamie Quatro

Jamie Quatro is an American author of literary fiction and short stories who has been praised as one of the most talented writers of her generation. Fire Sermon is her debut novel, a bold and searching exploration of desire, faith, marriage and the conflict between spiritual devotion and sexual passion. The novel follows a married woman and poet in a small Tennessee town whose extramarital affair forces her to confront fundamental questions about love, morality and the nature of the divine. Quatro's writing has been compared to Flannery O'Connor and Marilynne Robinson for its engagement with faith and its literary ambition. She is also the author of the acclaimed short story collection I Want to Show You More. Her audiobooks and books offer readers literary fiction that is emotionally and intellectually daring.