Malice

About the Book

What would you expect from a girl named Malice? At twelve, her definition of family is nixed when her father, Rick, reveals that he is gay and leaves home. Ruth, her emotionally distant mother, punishes Rick by delivering Malice at midnight ("like some ding-dong ditch it game") on the doorstep of the house he shares with his lover, Grey. Disillusioned by her parents’ separation, and her religion, Malice sculpts a private world, out of–of all things–chewed gum. How does Malice deal with becoming a woman in a household of men?

About the Author

Delia Santo grew up in a small town in Western New York. She’s lived abroad a few times, a semester of study in London, and in Thailand for two years as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer. When she returned, she went back to graduate school to earn an M.F.A. in fiction writing from Sarah Lawrence College, and also earned a Montessori Teaching credential from the American Montessori Society. She has been a teacher for nearly twenty years and writing and teaching have been passions of her since as far back as she can remember. She now resides in Westchester county with her two daughters and her husband.