Willy Vlautin

Willy Vlautin has published seven previous novels, most recently The Horse , which won the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Award. The Motel Life and Lean on Pete were both turned into acclaimed feature films, in 2012 and 2017, the latter of which was directed by Andrew Haigh. Netflix’s adaptation of The Night Always Comes was released in Autumn 20 25 , starring Vanessa Kirby. Vlautin lives outside of Portland, Oregon and is the founding member of the
bands Richmond Fontaine and The Delines.