Emily Ziff Griffin

The Humming of the Beast

In a dystopian future, Ramona, a Guatemalan mother who has lived in the United States for years, must escape before being placed in a concentration camp. In order to save her young son, she will have to make the most difficult decision of her life. Ironically, the only person who can help her is a white American man.

18 to Party

It’s 1984 and outside a small-town nightclub, a group of 8th graders gather, grappling with a spate of recent suicides, UFO sightings, their absentee parents, and each other.

God's Pocket

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters.

Jack Goes Boating

A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered around two working-class New York City couples.