Monica Ferrell

{{Short description|American poet and fiction writer}}

{{infobox writer

|name=Monica Ferrell

|birth_name=Shana Monica Ferrell

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1975|11|8}}

|birth_place=New Delhi, India

|occupation={{flatlist|

• Poet
• writer

}}

|nationality=American

|education=Harvard University
Columbia University School of the Arts (MFA)

|genre=Fiction

|spouse=Michael Dumanis

}}

Shana Monica Ferrell (born November 8, 1975) is an American poet and fiction writer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/monica-ferrell|title=Monica Ferrell|date=May 27, 2022|website=Poetry Foundation}} In 2007, she was awarded the Kathryn A. Morton Prize for her debut book of poems, Beasts for the Chase.{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-932511-65-9|title=Beasts for the Chase, Monica Ferrell|website=Publishers Weekly}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Beasts+for+the+Chase.-a0208110967|title=Beasts for the Chase, Monica Ferrell|website=thefreelibrary.com}} Her novel, The Answer Is Always Yes, was published by Random House in 2008.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/06/02/the-answer-is-always-yes|title=The Answer Is Always Yes|magazine=The New Yorker|date=26 May 2008 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780385339292|title=The Answer Is Always Yes, Monica Ferrell|website=Publishers Weekly}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/monica-ferrell/the-answer-is-always-yes/|title=The Answer Is Always Yes, Monica Ferrell|website=kirkusreviews.com}} Her third book, a poetry collection entitled You Darling Thing, was published by Four Way Books in 2018 and was named a New & Noteworthy selection by The New York Times.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/30/books/review/new-noteworthy-poetry-peter-catapano.html|title=New & Noteworthy » Monica Ferrell|website=The New York Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/-you-darling-thing?subpage=Advocacy,Impacts|title=You Darling Thing, Monica Ferrell|website=libraryjournal.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://kenyonreview.org/reviews/on-you-darling-thing-by-monica-ferrell-738439/|title=On You Darling Thing by Monica Ferrell|website=kenyonreview.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781945588228/|title=You Darling Thing, Monica Ferrell|website=Publishers Weekly}} It became a finalist for the Believer Book Award in Poetry{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet-books/2019/02/the-2018-believer-book-award-for-poetry-goes-to-catherine-barnett|title=The 2018 Believer Book Award for Poetry Goes to Catherine Barnett by Harriet Staff|date=May 27, 2022|website=Poetry Foundation}} and for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.{{Cite web|url=https://arts.cgu.edu/tufts-poetry-awards/monica-ferrell-motherhood-femininity-and-violent-voyeurism-in-you-darling-thing/|title=2020 Kingsley & Kate Tufts Finalist Monica Ferrell|website=Tufts Poetry Awards}}