Caroline Macon Fleischer author of The Roommate

I’m Caroline Macon Fleischer! I’m a writer, editor, and teacher.

I am the author of the psychological thriller, The Roommate. I was born-n-raised in Dallas but have spent the last decade writing and making art in Chicago. I’ve worked as a playwright and dramaturg with companies including Lookingglass Theatre Company, Chicago Dramatists, Chicago Children's Theatre, and others. I’m also the editor and co-founder (with the artist Vada Briceño) of the small publisher, Fruit Bat Press. More of my writing has been published in Oh Reader, American Theatre Magazine, MAKE Magazine, PANK, and more. Beyond work, I’m a mom, gardener, dog lover, and aspiring watercolor-er. I teach creative writing at Loyola University and The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago and sometimes online at Catapult Publishing. You can contact me here.

Caroline Macon Fleischer The Roommate

She invited him in. Now she can’t get him out.

Donna is so ready to start her new life.

She’s had enough of her dead-end job in Chicago, her unhappy family life, and her total lack of a boyfriend. Then her grandmother leaves her this perfect turquoise-blue bungalow in the California hills.

And now, she’s found the perfect roommate to help pay the bills. Joshua keeps the fridge stocked with fresh food, they watch cooking shows together, and they stay up late sharing their deepest secrets. He’s not just a roommate; he’s a friend, and soon Donna can’t imagine life without him.

But Donna can’t stop the doubts creeping in. Where did he get that key to the side door? And what are the strange sounds coming from his room? Then Donna brings home her new boyfriend, and things start to spiral out of control.

Her perfect roommate is about to become her worst nightmare.

“Fleischer doesn’t shy away from writing about female pleasure, as well as the darker side of desire… Her main character, Donna, encompasses the edgy side of Fleischer, the part that refuses to acquiesce.” - Rachel Robbins, CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS

“Chicago writer and teacher Macon Fleischer debuts with a suspense novel about a woman whose life turns creepy after a con artist responds to her Craigslist ad for a roommate… Macon Fleischer is a smooth writer who keeps the nasty details about Joshua unfolding at a steady clip.” - KIRKUS

Caroline Macon Fleischer The Roommate

"Relentlessly tense and unsettling, The Roommate is a novel as dark as it is addictive. It will stay with you long after you finish—and will make you think twice about welcoming strangers into your home."

-Megan Collins, Author of The Family Plot

"If Caroline Kepnes, Joan Didion, and Ottessa Moshfegh's books had a hilarious, nail-bitingly tense, uncomfortably clear-sighted baby, the result would be Caroline Macon Fleischer's addicting debut. The Roommate is like nothing I've read before. I could not put it down."

-Julia Fine, Author of The Upstairs House

"Dark, propulsive, and thrillingly unpredictable, The Roommate is a moody mind-bender of Southern California noir.  Echoing James Ellroy and Michael Connelly, Fleischer skillfully brings to life a cast of characters rife with damaged psyches, revenge cravings, and violent tendencies, while never losing sight of their fundamental desire for human connection."

-Cassidy Lucas, Author of Santa Monica

Caroline Macon Fleischer

The Roommate

JOFFE BOOKS

ISBN: 9781804054352
ASIN: B0B5FCWDRS