Patrick Cottrell

Patty Yumi Cottrell is an American author known for her darkly comic and emotionally incisive fiction. Her debut novel, "Sorry to Disrupt the Peace," published in 2017, follows a young woman investigating her adopted brother's suicide, and was longlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize. Her follow-up, "Afternoon Hours of a Hermit," continues her exploration of alienation, identity, and the absurdities of modern life. Cottrell's prose is spare yet richly atmospheric, drawing comparisons to cult literary voices. She is widely regarded as a distinctive and vital presence in contemporary American literature.