Emily Dalton

About The Author

Emily Dalton grew up in rural northern Connecticut and studied writing at Middlebury College in Vermont. At the age of 25, after three years of living in New York City, she quit her job, moved home, and turned her focus back to writing. While working part-time as a blacksmith's apprentice, she slowly transformed her senior thesis into the first draft of Be Straight with Me. Emily has since returned to Brooklyn, where she works in advertising and is learning to grow bonsai trees.
 

Books by Emily Dalton

Be Straight with Me
By Emily Dalton
Be Straight with Me is an unforgettable memoir-in-verse about a love that blurs the boundaries of gender and sexuality—told from the perspective of a young, straight woman who finds herself in a serious relationship with her gay male best friend. With unabashed honesty and pierci...
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