Emily M. Danforth

Emily M. Danforth is an American writer.

Early life and education

Danforth was born and raised in Miles [City, Montana]. She attended Hofstra University, where she came out. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Montana and earned her Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She lives in Providence, [Rhode Island], with her wife.

Novels

Her debut novel, The Miseducation of [Cameron Post], was published in February 2012. This book became the basis for a The [Miseducation of Cameron Post (film)|2018 film with the same name].
Her second novel, published in 2020, is Plain Bad Heroines. The book is set in a Rhode Island boarding school and the Los Angeles film industry.