Emily Schultz

During an onstage interview{{cite web|title=The Survival Of CanLit |url=http://www.writersfest.bc.ca/blog/rebecca-wigod/survival-canlit |publisher=Vancouver Writers' Festival |access-date=March 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303224745/http://www.writersfest.bc.ca/blog/rebecca-wigod/survival-canlit |archive-date=March 3, 2014 }} with Margaret Atwood, Schultz described how her own family settled in Canada from Michigan in the early 1970s when her father deserted the U.S. Army at the height of the Vietnam War. Schultz's father had used a guide for draft evaders and deserters issued by one of her future publishers, House of Anansi.

She is the author of Black Coffee Night, a Danuta Gleed nominated 2002 collection of stories. A story from that collection ("The Value of X") was adapted by Lynne Stopkewich, director of Kissed. In 2005 Schultz published her first novel, Joyland.{{cite news | first = Cherrie | last = Theissen | title = The Summer of '84 | url = http://www.januarymagazine.com/fiction/joyland.html | work = January | date = January 30, 2006 | access-date = January 30, 2006 | archive-date = March 3, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180427/http://www.januarymagazine.com/fiction/joyland.html | url-status = live }} and was included in a round table discussion hosted by The Globe and Mail with Sheila Heti titled "Tomorrow's Ondaatjes and Munros."{{cite news |first=Alison |last=Gzowski |title=Tomorrow's Ondaatjes and Munros |url=http://www.mcsweeneys.net/authorpages/heti/heti5.html |work=The Globe and Mail |date=January 30, 2005 |access-date=January 30, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050211235805/http://mcsweeneys.net/authorpages/heti/heti5.html |archive-date=February 11, 2005 }}

In 2009 House of Anansi Press published Schultz's second novel, Heaven Is Small.{{cite news |first=Steven |last=Beattie |title=Anansi and Shortcovers team up to give away digital book |url=http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/21/anansi-and-shortcovers-team-up-to-give-away-digital-book/ |work=Quill & Quire |date=April 29, 2009 |access-date=April 29, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426121541/http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/21/anansi-and-shortcovers-team-up-to-give-away-digital-book/ |archive-date=April 26, 2009 }} The satirical novel was based on her year spent as a night shift proofreader for Harlequin Enterprises.{{cite news|first=Mark |last=Medley |title=To Hell In A Harlequin |url=http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/afterword/archive/2009/04/18/to-hell-in-a-harlequin-a-profile-of-emily-schultz.aspx |work=National Post |date=April 18, 2009 |access-date=April 18, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In 2014 a glitch on Amazon caused customers to buy her novel Joyland by mistake, believing they were purchasing a novel by Stephen King with the same title. Schultz chronicled her experiences on a Tumblr called Spending the Stephen King Money.{{cite magazine | first = Jacob | last = Shamsian | title = Stephen King responds to 'Joyland' mixup | url = http://www.ew.com/article/2014/06/18/joyland-stephen-king-emily-schultz | magazine = Entertainment Weekly | date = June 18, 2014 | access-date = December 3, 2015 | archive-date = December 19, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151219183531/http://www.ew.com/article/2014/06/18/joyland-stephen-king-emily-schultz | url-status = live }}

Her novel The Blondes was published by St. Martin's Press in 2015{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-writer-mistaken-for-stephen-king-20131010,0,6270560.story?track=rss&dlvrit=717819#axzz2uvX0UUq8|title=The writer who was mistaken for Stephen King|last=Keeler|first=Emily|date=October 10, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=March 3, 2014}} and listed as a Best Fiction Book of the Year by Kirkus,{{cite news |last= |first= |date=December 3, 2015 |title=Best Fiction Books of 2015 |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com//issue/best-of-2015/section/fiction/?page=10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905222703/https://www.kirkusreviews.com//issue/best-of-2015/section/fiction/?page=10 |archive-date=September 5, 2019 |access-date=December 3, 2015 |work=Kirkus Reviews}} BookPage,{{cite news |last=Ping |first=Trisha |date=November 25, 2015 |title=Best Books of 2015 |url=http://bookpage.com/the-book-case/18922-best-books-2015-26-50#.VmDSTWSrRoR |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202190703/https://bookpage.com/the-book-case/18922-best-books-2015-26-50#.XeVg3XbP1qa |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |access-date=December 3, 2015 |work=BookPage}} and NPR, who described it as "scary and deeply, bitingly funny — a satire about gender that kept me reading until 4 in the morning — and a fine addition to the all-too-small genre of feminist horror."{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/books/authors/458340970/emily-schultz|title=Emily Schultz|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=June 4, 2017|archive-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002120322/http://www.npr.org/books/authors/458340970/emily-schultz|url-status=live}} In May 2017 it was announced that The Blondes would be developed as an original series for AMC Networks' Shudder with Schultz writing along with her husband, video director Brian Joseph Davis.{{Cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/amc-networks-streamer-launches-original-programming-primal-screen-doc-1009424|title=AMC Networks' Streaming Service Shudder Launches Original Programming With 'Primal Screen' Doc (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=June 4, 2017|language=en|archive-date=June 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605021019/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/amc-networks-streamer-launches-original-programming-primal-screen-doc-1009424|url-status=live}} When Schultz regained the rights in 2019, she and Davis produced{{Cite web|url=https://villainmedia.com/5-reasons-were-excited-for-blondes-podcast/|title=5 Reasons We're Excited For 'The Blondes' Podcast!|date=June 12, 2019|website=Villain Media|language=en-US|access-date=August 18, 2019|archive-date=June 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613180655/https://villainmedia.com/5-reasons-were-excited-for-blondes-podcast/|url-status=live}} a scripted podcast adaptation starring Madeline Zima and Rob Belushi. It was executive produced by Duncan Birmingham.

In March 2019 it was announced that her next novel, Little Threats, was sold to Putnam at auction for publication in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/79717-book-deals-week-of-april-8-2019.html|title=Deals of the week|website=www.publishersweekly.com|access-date=May 20, 2019|archive-date=April 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408185627/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/79717-book-deals-week-of-april-8-2019.html|url-status=live}} Set in 2008 and flashing back to the grunge-era 1990s, Little Threats is "a literary suspense about the new questions and old tragedies that surface after a young woman who pleaded guilty to her best friend's murder is released from prison."{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersmarketplace.com/|title=March 29, 2019, Little Threats by Emily Schultz|date=March 29, 2019|website=Publishers Marketplace|access-date=January 14, 2024|archive-date=January 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112221715/https://www.publishersmarketplace.com/|url-status=live}}

Schultz is the co-founder of the literary website Joyland: A hub for short fiction. She is also the parent of an autistic child and is an advocate{{Cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2017/06/what_a_novelist_can_learn_from_her_son_with_autism.html|title=A Writing Mother Is a Selfish Mother|last=Schultz|first=Emily|date=June 6, 2017|work=Slate|access-date=March 14, 2018|language=en-US|issn=1091-2339|archive-date=March 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314105244/http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2017/06/what_a_novelist_can_learn_from_her_son_with_autism.html|url-status=live}} for special needs education in New York City.

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• [http://www.emilyschultz.com Official website]
• [http://www.joylandmagazine.com Joyland Magazine]

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