Emily M. Danforth

Emily M. Danforth (born January 17, 1980) is an American author. She is Associate Professor of English at Rhode Island College, teaching creative writing and literature.
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.
Novels.
Her debut novel, "The Miseducation of Cameron Post", was published in February 2012. This book became the basis for a 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.