LIZ PRATO
AUTHOR & EDITOR
Liz Prato is the author of three books, KIDS IN AMERICA: A GEN X RECKONING (essays); VOLCANOES, PALM TREES, AND PRIVILEGE: ESSAYS ON HAWAI‘I, a New York Times Top Summer Read and a Finalist for the Oregon Book Award; and the short story collection, BABY’S ON FIRE. She also edited the fiction anthology THE NIGHT, AND THE RAIN, AND THE RIVER, and is Editor at Large for Forest Avenue Press.
As an Editor, Liz specializes in developmental editing for essays, short stories, novellas and query letters. She also offers virtual one-on-one coaching sessions on a variety of writing and publishing topics.
Liz also loves visiting clubs, teaching, and speaking to groups (virtual and in-person). If you would like to book her for an appearance, please fill out the CONTACT form here.
"A dazzling exploration into how cultures and identities criss-cross each other, Liz Prato's KIDS IN AMERICA traces how Gen X emerged from the fire and fury of a nation falling to pieces.”
—LIDIA YUKNAVITCH, author of Thrust and The Chronology of Water
Liz Prato’s Volcanoes, Palm Trees and Privilege is " . . . a rebuke to cultural appropriation, combined with tribute to a place she loves too much to make her own."
—New York Times Book Review
A POWELL’S BOOKS PICK OF THE MONTH
“Liz Prato writes with clear vision about the generation that followed the baby boomers. This book is a long-overdue examination and reconciliation of the people and the era.”
“KIDS IN AMERICA is a kick-ass collection. ” —DINTY W. MOORE
"In blending her cultural critique with personal stories, Prato calls to mind Joan Didion's later writing." —SPECTRUM CULTURE
“From rape culture and mental illness to a deep dive into Beverly Hills, 90210, Kids in America is an insightful and moving education—necessary reading on the slacker generation.” –ERIN KHAR, author of Strung Out: A Memoir of Overcoming Addiction
“Kids in America vibrates like a coke high, while still managing to ask hard questions and find the spots of human failing and hope, as the best essays do.” —MONICA DRAKE, author of Clown Girl
“Like a sociologist with a memoirist's sensibilities, Prato skillfully explores the environment that bred and defined Gen X.” —GINA FRANGELLO, author of Blow Your House Down
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