Monika Radojevic is a Brazilian-Montenegrin writer and poet who was born and raised in London. She spent years working in the feminist and political sector, and her writing is a continuous exploration of power dynamics, inequality and freedom. Monika is the inaugural winner of the #Merky Books New Writers' prize, and writes to make sense of life. She has previously published a volume of poetry, Teeth in the Back of My Neck, and a short story collection, A Beautiful Lack of Consequence. Strangerland is her debut novel.
Visceral, wild, and so beautifully necessary. -- Salma El-Wardany, author of These Impossible Things Radojevic’s stories and fragments are so sharp-edged they could draw blood. Fierce, funny and angry. -- Catherine Mayer, author of Time/Life Tender, humorous and moving * Cosmopolitan * Fuelled by rage, these fiery, staunchly women-centred stories are frighteningly real, but given a surreal slant that makes them all the more memorable * Daily Mail * Radojevic’s writing is lyrical and imaginative, and is often written in the second person, pulling the reader into the stories, which – in some of the heavier-themed pieces – makes for breathless reading . . . Read it and be angry * Mslexia * Praise for Monika Radjoevic * - * Courageous, arresting * Independent * Powerful * Stylist * Radojevic's interrogation of the status quo . . . is not just interesting, it is agitating. * Bad Form * Radojevic writes with an uncompromising fierceness, provocation and dedication to the physical body which acts as her most authentic, intuitive medium of expression. She offers with this collection a vital contribution to literature at a time when women's voices urgently need to be heard. * HUCK *