Informationen zum Autor Kate Folk is the author of the short story collection Out There . She has written for publications including The New Yorker , New York Times Magazine , Granta , McSweeney's , and Zyzzyva . She's received support from the Headlands Center for the Arts, MacDowell, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Recently, she was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in fiction at Stanford University. She lives in San Francisco. Klappentext 'Truly original . . . deeply weird, deeply funny and deeply felt' DAILY TELEGRAPH A CLASSIC STORY OF GIRL MEETS PLANE. A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN TIME, VOX, OPRAH DAILY, VULTURE, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, ELECTRIC LIT, DEBUTIFUL, BOOK RIOT, PEN AMERICA , AND THE SKINNY 'Batty and brilliant' THE TIMES 'Surprisingly tender. Deliciously weird' RACHEL YODER, author of NIGHTBITCH 'Wonderfully weird and worryingly convincing' CHARLOTTE MENDELSON, author of THE EXHIBITIONIST ' A little bit JG Ballard, a little bit Ottessa Moshfegh' DAILY MAIL Linda tries her best to lead a normal life. But once a month she escapes to the airport to secretly indulge in her true passion: Linda is sexually attracted to planes, and believes it is her destiny to someday marry one by dying in a fiery crash. When the opportunity arises to hasten her romantic fate, Linda must choose between the trappings of an ordinary life and succumbing to her deepest desires. 'A dog whistle for the true freaks - never have I felt so seen! I loved it' RITA BULLWINKEL, author of the Booker Prize-longlisted HEADSHOT Discover what readers are saying about the wildest book you'll read this year . . . 'This book is truly unlike anything I've read before . It is strange and wild and so enjoyable ' NetGalley reviewer, ? ? ? ? ? 'As soon as I saw Sky Daddy was available, I stopped everything and ran (digitally) to NetGalley to beg/plead/scream/cry for the book. It is everything I hoped it would be and more. Do yourself a favour and pick up this original and engaging book ' NetGalley reviewer, ? ? ? ? ? 'This book was absolutely wild . . . I laughed out loud at parts of this and I truly had the best time with this . The concept is absurd but it made for a brilliant novel' NetGalley reviewer, ? ? ? ? ? 'This is one of my most anticipated reads of 2025 and boy did it live up to my expectations. Such a quirky book but really fascinating to read. I really loved the characters, the storyline, and just how downright weird it was! 100% recommend if you love your books weird and wild . Well done again Kate Folk!!' NetGalley reviewer, ? ? ? ? ? ...

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Kate Folk ***is the author of the short story collection Out There. She has written for publications including TheNew Yorker, New York Times Magazine, Granta, McSweeney's, and Zyzzyva*. She's received support from the Headlands Center for the Arts, MacDowell, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Recently, she was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in fiction at Stanford University. She lives in San Francisco.

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'Truly original . . . deeply weird, deeply funny and deeply felt'
DAILY TELEGRAPH
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A CLASSIC STORY OF GIRL MEETS PLANE.

***A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN TIME, VOX, OPRAH DAILY, VULTURE, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, ELECTRIC LIT, DEBUTIFUL, BOOK RIOT, PEN AMERICA, AND THE SKINNY

• 'Batty and brilliant'*THE TIMES*

  'Surprisingly tender. Deliciously weird'
  RACHEL YODER, author of *NIGHTBITCH

• 'Wonderfully weird and worryingly convincing'
  CHARLOTTE MENDELSON, author of *THE EXHIBITIONIST

  '***A little bit JG Ballard, a little bit Ottessa Moshfegh'*DAILY MAIL

  *Linda tries her best to lead a normal life. But once a month she escapes to the airport to secretly indulge in her true passion: Linda is sexually attracted to planes, and believes it is her destiny to someday marry one by dying in a fiery crash.

  When the opportunity arises to hasten her romantic fate, Linda must choose between the trappings of an ordinary life and succumbing to her deepest desires.

  'A dog whistle for the true freaks - never have I felt so seen! I loved it'
  RITA BULLWINKEL, author of the Booker Prize-longlisted *HEADSHOT

• Discover what readers are saying about the wildest book you'll read this year . . .
  'This book is truly unlike anything I've read before. It is strange and wild and so enjoyable'
  NetGalley reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

  'As soon as I saw Sky Daddy was available, I stopped everything and ran (digitally) to NetGalley to beg/plead/scream/cry for the book. It is everything I hoped it would be and more. Do yourself a favour and pick up this original and engaging book'
  NetGalley reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

  'This book was absolutely wild . . . I laughed out loud at parts of this and I truly had the best time with this. The concept is absurd but it made for a brilliant novel'
  NetGalley reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

  'This is one of my most anticipated reads of 2025 and boy did it live up to my expectations. Such a quirky book but really fascinating to read. I really loved the characters, the storyline, and just how downright weird it was! 100% recommend if you love your books weird and wild. Well done again Kate Folk!!'
  NetGalley reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐