About the Author

Karen McKinnon lives in New York City.

Reviews

"Narcissus Ascending stages a sly face-off between artworld ethics and aesthetics while entertaining with juicy plot twists. A hearty welcome, then, to Karen McKinnon, also plainly on the rise." --The Philadelphia Inquirer "Compulsively readable." --Marie Claire "Raw and knowing." --The New York Times "[A] tongue-in-cheek send-up of the disaffected, over- privileged, solipsistic, apolitical, anti-intellectual, urban twentysomething crowd." --The Washington Post "[Narcissus Ascending] draws readers in and dares us to accept the challenge of sympathizing with characters that aren't especially sympathetic, and care about the ways in which their lives will be altered." --San Francisco Chronicle "Taut and fast-paced, McKinnon's first novel offers both insight into an artist's mind and an insightful portrait of the dynamics of a group of friends." --Booklist "A gripping, revealing, entertaining debut." --Kirkus Reviews

"Narcissus Ascending stages a sly face-off between artworld ethics and aesthetics while entertaining with juicy plot twists. A hearty welcome, then, to Karen McKinnon, also plainly on the rise." --The Philadelphia Inquirer "Compulsively readable." --Marie Claire "Raw and knowing." --The New York Times "[A] tongue-in-cheek send-up of the disaffected, over- privileged, solipsistic, apolitical, anti-intellectual, urban twentysomething crowd." --The Washington Post "[Narcissus Ascending] draws readers in and dares us to accept the challenge of sympathizing with characters that aren't especially sympathetic, and care about the ways in which their lives will be altered." --San Francisco Chronicle "Taut and fast-paced, McKinnon's first novel offers both insight into an artist's mind and an insightful portrait of the dynamics of a group of friends." --Booklist "A gripping, revealing, entertaining debut." --Kirkus Reviews