Come meet Milwaukee Author, Emily Grandy, and hear from her new book: Michikusa House!

Blending flashbacks with a tender love story, Michikusa House is a work of literary fiction that draws on the author’s own experience of recovering from the most lethal of all psychiatric disorders. This award-winning debut takes a critical view of contemporary nutrition science and American food culture while also exploring the transformative power of illness.

Emily Grandy is an award-winning novelist and editor based in the Midwest. 

She writes well-researched literary fiction with an ecological focus. Her writing is a celebration of and an invitation to reconnect with the more-than-human world. Her debut novel, Michikusa House, was awarded the Landmark Prize (Homebound Publications). Her second novel, Cupido Cupido, was a finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize for socially engaged fiction in 2023. Her other writing has appeared in both academic and literary journals and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.