Emma Pattee Books In Order

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Emma Pattee is an American climate journalist and fiction writer.

Her writing has been featured in publications such as The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and The New York Times.

Emma resides in Portland, Oregon. She is the author of Tilt.

Tilt is a fictional novel from Emma Pattee that is set over the course of one day.

It’s about a woman who faces the unimaginable and needs to find safety. Annie is pregnant and in her ninth month of carrying. She’s at IKEA shopping for a crib when a massive earthquake hits the Portland, Oregon area where she is currently shopping.

Annie has no way to reach her husband and has no phone or money. The city is in chaos and she realizes there is nothing left to do but to walk.

She has no way to figure out what to do and walks across the wreckage that is the city of Portland. Along the way, she experiences a variety of acts of human desperation as well as kindness.

There are strangers offering help, a riot goes down at a grocery store, and she forms an unlikely relationship with a young mother.

As she traverses the city, Annie reflects on things in her life. These include her disappointing career, her struggling marriage, and the anxiety she has about having a baby. She thinks if she can just get home, she can change her life. But is she right? Read this riveting novel to find out!