Leni Zumas is the author of Red Clocks (forthcoming from Little, Brown and The Borough Press/HarperCollins UK); Farewell Navigator (Open City); and The Listeners (Tin House), which was a finalist for the 2013 Oregon Book Award. She lives in Portland, Oregon, and teaches writing at Portland State University.
Genres: Literary Fiction
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