Emily Schultz
is a writer living in Toronto and New York. She is also the author of the novels
Heaven Is Small
and
The Blondes
, the short story collection
Black Coffee Night
, and the Trillium award–nominated collection of poems
Songs for the Dancing Chicken
.
Nate Powell
’s recent work includes
Any Empire
and
Swallow Me Whole
(Eisner Award winner for Best Graphic Novel,
LA Times
Book Prize Finalist, and Ignatz Award winner). He lives in Bloomington, in.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © Emily Schultz, 2011
Published by ECW Press
2120 Queen Street East, Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4E 1E2
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Schultz, Emily, 1974-
Joyland / Emily Schultz.
ISBN 978-1-55490-265-1
also issued as: 978-155490-721-2 (PDF); 978-1-77041-033-6 (Print)
Originally published in hardcover in 2006 (ISBN 978-1-55022-721-5)
i. Title.
PS8587.C5474J69 2011 C813’.54 C2011-902948-0
Editor: Michael Holmes / a misFit book
BackLit editor: Jennifer Knoch
Cover design: Ingrid Paulson
Cover and interior images: Nate Powell
Typesetting: Troy Cunningham
The publication of
Joyland
has been generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $20.1 million in writing and publishing throughout Canada, by the Ontario Arts Council, by the OMDC Book Fund, an initiative of the Ontario Media Development Corporation, and by the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund.
Table of Contents
Q&A with the author
Easter Eggs: Scenes Revisited by Emily Schultz
About the Author & Illustrator