Born in Las Vegas, Nevada,
M. S. Coe is an American writer living in Guadalajara, Mexico. After she graduated with an MFA in creative writing from
Cornell University, Clash Books published her first novel,
New Veronia, in 2019. Coe’s stories have appeared in
The Antioch Review,
Cosmonauts Avenue,
Electric Literature,
Nashville Review,
Waxwing, and elsewhere. She has held residencies from the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, Petrified Forest National Park, and Ora Lerman Trust.
Coe's new novel is
The Formation of Calcium.
At Electric Lit she tagged
eleven books "about women who blow up their lives to get what they want," including:
Mermaids in Paradise by Lydia Millet
Deb, our astute and sarcastic narrator, is honeymooning with Chip when a fellow vacationer who happens to be a biologist informs them that she spotted mermaids near their Caribbean resort. Deb feels certain that the biologist is insane, or perhaps on LSD, until she sees the mermaids herself while diving. Chaos ensues: the resort’s “parent company” swoops in to figure out the logistics of commercializing mermaid tours, and Deb finds herself wrapped up in a fracas to save the enthralling creatures from “a mermaid zoo.” She is ready to risk anything, and she has one excellent reason not to hold back.
Read about
another entry on the list.
--Marshal Zeringue
Cornell University, Clash Books published her first novel, New Veronia, in 2019. Coe’s stories have appeared in The Antioch Review, Cosmonauts Avenue, Electric Literature, Nashville Review, Waxwing, and elsewhere. She has held residencies from the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, Petrified Forest National Park, and Ora Lerman Trust.
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