Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives

Underground America is an excellent introduction to an ongoing social disaster. It gives a face to people in the country who are one injury, one legal problem away from ruin. A situation, of course, all too
many legal Americans are familiar with.
- Oscar Villalon, National Public Radio, California Report

BOOKS

Fiction/Novel
The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo
"With this staggering debut novel, Orner has joined the first rank of American writers."
--Steve Almond, Boston Globe
Short Story Collection
Esther Stories
"These are stories of unusual delicacy and beauty, and this is a remarkable collection."
--Charles Baxter
Non-Fiction
Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives
Underground America is an excellent introduction to an ongoing social disaster. It gives a face to people in the country who are one injury, one legal problem away from ruin. A situation, of course, all too many legal Americans are familiar with. - Oscar Villalon, National Public Radio, California Report
Magazines and Anthologies
Orner's work has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly and the Paris Review, as well in Best American Stories, has won two Pushcart Prizes, and appeared in a number of anthologies.