Joanna Pearson
Joanna Pearson’s debut novel, Bright and Tender Dark (Bloomsbury, 2024), was an Indie Next Pick and an Amazon Editors’ Pick. She’s also the author of two short story collections, Now You Know It All (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021), chosen by Edward P. Jones for the 2021 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, and Every Human Love (Acre Books, 2019). (Updated 7/2025)