Libba Bray

Born 1964

From Texas, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes fiction

Quotes

“My favorite word is “redemption.” I like both its meaning and the sound. My least favorite word is “maybe.” “Maybe” is almost always a “no” drawn out in cruel fashion.”
Twenty-One Things You Don't Know About Me
“I’m one of those people who has to write. If I don’t write, I feel itchy and depressed and cranky. So everybody’s glad when I write and stop complaining already.”
Twenty-One Things You Don't Know About Me
“You’ve been assigned an identity since birth. Then you spend the rest of your life walking around in it to see if it really fits. You try on all these different selves and abandon just as many. But really it’s about dismantling all that false armor, getting down to what’s real.”
Going Bovine, p. 253
“In our travels, we have come across many equations — math for understanding the universe, for making music, for mapping stars, and also for tipping, which is important. Here is our favorite equation: Us plus Them equals All of Us. It is very simple math. Try it sometime. You probably won’t even need a pencil.”
Going Bovine, p. 428

Books by Libba Bray in the order they were published, from How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth (1899) to Under the Same Stars (2024).