Kristen Millares Young

Kristen Millares Young is the author of Desire Lines (Red Hen Press and Brilliance Audio, October 6, 2026), a memoir-in-essays that Ms. magazine named one of the Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2026. Called “searching, generous, and unrelenting” by Melissa Febos, Desire Lines is “an often dazzling look at the mysteries of motherhood,” wrote Publishers Weekly, which Shelf Awareness found to be “an intellectually courageous road map for readers reconciling the cracks in their own family narratives.” Her award-winning novel Subduction was a staff pick of The Paris Review. A journalist and essayist, she has written for The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Guardian, and she edited Seismic, a finalist for the Washington State Book Award.