In the Quick: A Novel
by Kate Hope Day 鈥00 tells the coming-of-age story of June, a young, ambitious female astronaut as she endeavors to save a lost shuttle crew in space. A brilliant and difficult engineer posted on a space station, June is haunted by the mysterious disappearance of Inquiry, a revolutionary spacecraft designed by her beloved uncle. Believing that the crew is still alive, June pairs up with James, her uncle鈥檚 former prot g e, to solve the decades-old mystery of what happened to Inquiry and its crew. (Random House, 2021)
鈥淭he female astronaut novel we never knew we needed.鈥 鈥Entertainment Weekly
Kate Hope Day is the author of If, Then. She holds an A.B. from 魅影直播 and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Pittsburgh. She was an associate producer at HBO. She lives in Oregon with her husband and their two children.
