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Ivy Pochoda is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Wonder Valley, Visitation Street, These Women, and Sing Her Down which won the LA Times Book Prize. She won the 2018 Strand Critics Award for Best Novel and the Prix Page America in France, and has been a finalist for the the Edgar Award, among other awards. For many years, Ivy has led a creative writing workshop in Skid Row Los Angeles where she helped found Skid Row Zine. She is currently a professor of creative writing at the University of California Riverside-Palm Desert low-residency MFA program. She lives in Los Angeles.
“There’s been no shortage of feminist retellings of ancient myths and classics in recent years, and this next one definitely deserves a place on your shelf. With elements of horror and suspense, it revisits Euripides’ The Bacchae, following a woman drawn in by a cult of women who appear to be living much more freely than she’s been allowed to.” —Marie Claire “Pochoda’s turn into horror and mythology will bring ample rewards to her readers.” —Crime Reads “Described as both ‘hallucinatory’ and ‘addictive,’ with a synopsis that gives the perfect whiff of Suspiria vibes, Ecstasy promises an exploration of themes like female identity and desire. . . [A] killer one-sitting summer read.” —The Lineup ""Fierce and fearless, Ecstasy is a tempest of a novel that reminds women that we are born forces of nature and woe be upon anyone who would stand in our way. Ivy Pochoda again proves she's a literary priestess of the highest order."" —Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger “Ecstasy is a stunning, hallucinatory trip of a novel that explores female friendship, the dark side of motherhood and liminal experience. This addictive novel is an explosion of the feminine unbound. Pure, primal Pochoda. Drop everything and read it now.” —Danielle Trussoni, New York Times bestselling author of The Puzzle Box
