Author

Monica Hesse

Monica Hesse is the author of the young adult science fiction novel Stray, and its sequel, Burn (Hot Key books), about a virtual reality experiment designed to create perfect childhoods. She is also a feature writer for the Washington Post, where she has covered royal weddings, dog shows, political campaigns, Academy Awards ceremonies, White House state dinners, and some events that felt like a mixture of all of the above. She has talked about these stories, and other things, on NBC, MSNBC, CNN, CSPAN, FOX and NPR. She hosts a weekly Washington Post chat, Web Hostess, about the culture of the Internet, and she lives in Washington, DC with her husband and a brainiac dog.