Diary of an Emotional Idiot A Novel

Zoey's fevered existence is sketched in alternating chapters of past and present. Her past buzzes with memories of a Catholic girlhood. Her present is still more addled, penning smutty books and acting as receptionist for women in leather. Author Estep - who has performed slam poetry on MTV and appeared on the Charlie Rose Show, PBS, and other venues - avoids the twin pitfalls of maudlin compassion and phony redemption in this vivid tale.

Maggie Estep is a noted spoken word artist. Estep has published seven books, Diary of an Emotional Idiot, Soft Maniacs, Love Dance of the Mechanical Animals, Hex, Gargantuan, Flamethrower, and Alice Fantastic. Hex, the first book in Maggie’s trilogy of crime novels, was chosen by The New York Times as a notable book of 2003.

Estep has also recorded two spoken word CD’s, No More Mr Nice Girl and Love Is a Dog from Hell. She has given readings of her work at cafes, clubs, and colleges throughout the US and Europe and has also performed her work on "The Charlie Rose Show," MTV, PBS, and HBO’s “Def Poetry Jam”. Her writing has appeared in The New York Post, Self Magazine, Village Voice, New York Press, Harpers Bazaar, Spin, and Nerve, as well as in dozens of anthologies. She lives in upstate New York.