Meet author Stacy Bierlein: A VACATION ON THE ISLAND OF EX-BOYFRIENDS, Friday January 18th, 6:30 pm at Gallery Bookshop. Quirks of fate highlight Bierlein's debut short story collection whose characters are women of dazzling ironies and introspection, always in motion and trusting in love--even when it remains out of reach.  Bierlein opens with the hip, acutely funny title story, which establishes her book's pivotal themes: electrifying candor about female sexuality and characters in flight from confusion and sorrow

Among her literary achievements, Bierlein is a founding editor of Other Voices Books and a contributing editor to the award-winning literary magazine, Other Voices. Her current fiction, essays, and book reviews appear in various publications. She currently lives in Southern California.