Here Comes the Night (25 page)

Linda McDonald comes from the western plains of Oklahoma.
She holds master's degrees in theater from Kansas University and in creative
writing from the University of Central Oklahoma, where she also taught for many
years. Her plays have been produced in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Northampton, MA,
and New York City. She has also written more than a dozen screenplays.
Moonrats
, a new dark comedy about dysfunctional
state politics, is scheduled for film release by Firefly Productions in 2014.

Crimes of Redemption
, her debut novel, was
awarded the 2013 Book of the Year in Fiction by the Center for the Book. She is
also the author of
Here Comes the Night
.

She makes her home in Oklahoma City.