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Isle McElroy is a writer based in Brooklyn. Their debut novel, The Atmospherians, was named a New York Times Editors' Choice. Their second novel, People Collide, was New York Times Critics' Pick.
- People Collide
Ultimately, McElroy discovers that gender-swap narratives...
- The Atmospherians
McElroy's characters glide across the page, in and out of...
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- Daddy Issues
"McElroy’s stories are frequently funny but grotesque and...
- People Collide
Sep 26, 2023 · By Isle McElroy, the author of the novels 'People Collide' and 'The Atmospherians.' Their work has appeared in the New York 'Times,' 'The New York Times Magazine,' 'GQ,' 'Vogue,' and elsewhere.
On the cover of the novel, set to publish this week, “ISLE MCELROY” hovers as confidently as a crown in black sans-serif font on top of the title. Seeing it makes me wish I’d changed my name ...
- People Collide is your second novel, following your 2021 debut The Atmospherians. How was approaching your second novel different from approaching your first?
- At the start of People Collide, the novel’s protagonist Eli awakens one day in the body of his wife, Elizabeth, and later finds Elizabeth in his former body.
- Once Eli and Elizabeth switch bodies, they each experience the lived-in, sex-based experience of the other’s body. Eli-as-Elizabeth must navigate the world in the body of a woman and Elizabeth-as-Eli in the body of a man.
- At one point in the novel, Eli narrates, “We didn’t have sex as often as she [Elizabeth] liked, and her ability to predict my desires and needs embarrassed me.
May 18, 2021 · Isle McElroy (they/them) is a non-binary author based in New York. Their writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, New York Times Magazine, The Cut, GQ , The Guardian, Vogue, Bon Appétit, and other publications.
Isle McElroy is a nonbinary writer based in Brooklyn. Their most recent novel is People Collide (HarperCollins, 2023), praised by NPR as a “deep exploration of marriage, love, and the ways we know one another.” Their debut novel is The Atmospherians (Atria, 2021), called “exceptional writing” by the New York Times.
