Plain Pleasures

Plain Pleasures

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About Madelaine Lucas

I am the author of the debut novel Thirst for Salt, which was named a New York Times’ Editors choice, and a senior editor of NOON. I have lived in Brooklyn and the Hudson Valley and am currently based in Sydney with my family.