**Halle Butler *'s first novel, Jillian,was called the "feel-bad book of the year" by the Chicago Tribune *. Her second novel, * The New Me,was named a Best Book of the Decade by Vox and a Best Book of the Year by Vanity Fair, Vulture,the Chicago Tribune, Mashable, Bustle,and NPR, and the ...

**Halle Butler *'s first novel, Jillian,was called the "feel-bad book of the year" by the Chicago Tribune *. Her second novel, * The New Me,was named a Best Book of the Decade by Vox and a Best Book of the Year by Vanity Fair, Vulture,the Chicago Tribune, Mashable, Bustle,and NPR, and the New Yorker called it a "definitive work of millennial literature." She was named one of Granta *'s Best Young American Novelists and a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree.