Narrator
Willy Vlautin
Willy Vlautin has published six previous novels, most recently The Night Always Comes. Both The Motel Life and Lean on Pete were turned into feature films, released in 2012 and 2017 respectively, the latter adapted and directed by Andrew Haigh. Vlautin lives outside of Portland, Oregon, and is the founding member of the bands Richmond Fontaine and The Delines.