Cai Emmons is the author of the novels His Mother’s Son (Harcourt 2003, paperback 2004), and The Stylist (HarperCollins, October 2007). His Mother’s Son was translated into French and German, was a Booksense and Literary Guild selection, and it won the Ken Kesey Award for the Novel in 2003. Of The Stylist Booklist said: “With family relations as twisted as a French braid and language as vivid as a platinum dye job, Emmons’ potent novel features magnetic characters and complex and compelling secrets.”

Emmons’ short work has appeared in Arts and Letters, Narrative Magazine, and Portland Monthly, among others, and she has a selection in Now Write: Writing Exercises from Today’s Best Writers and Teachers (Tarcher Publications, 2006).

Before turning to fiction Emmons wrote for film and theater. She received her B.A. from Yale University, an M.F.A in Film from New York University, and an M.F.A. in Fiction from the University of Oregon.