Emily M. Danforth is a published author, best known for her coming of age novel, "The Miseducation of Cameron Post." This novel, which won the Montana Book Award and was a finalist for the Morris Award and a Lambda Literary Award, is a poignant and powerful exploration of sexuality and identity set in Miles City, Montana, where Danforth was born and raised. The novel was later adapted into a Sundance Award-winning feature film.
Danforth's writing is heavily influenced by her upbringing in Miles City, a cattle town known for its Bucking Horse Sale. She has an MFA in Fiction from the University of Montana and a Ph.D in English-Creative Writing from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In addition to her academic background, Danforth has held a variety of jobs, including working as a lifeguard, a swim coach, a waitress, a bartender, and an aquatics director at a YWCA. These diverse experiences have no doubt contributed to the rich and nuanced characters and settings in her writing.
In addition to her debut novel, Danforth has also written "Plain Bad Heroines," a meta-gothic sapphic romp about a cursed New England boarding school and the horror film being made about that school. This novel is set largely in Rhode Island, where Danforth has lived for almost a decade with her wife Erica and their two dogs, Kevin and Sally O'Malley. Danforth is known for her love of iced coffee, 1980's slasher movies, and collecting vintage items, particularly store display stock of toothbrushes. She currently lives in Rhode Island and can often be found checking her auction bids on eBay.