Lily Brooks-Dalton

About Lily Brooks-Dalton

“Good Morning, Midnight” was the inspiration for the Netflix Original Film “The Midnight Sky”, which was directed by and starring George Clooney. The novel was also named one of the Best Books of the Year by The Chicago Review of Books and Shelf Awareness. It’s been translated into a dozen languages. Her memoir “Motorcycles I’ve Loved” was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. Lily was in Key West when she first began ruminating on preparing for storms and wondering about whether or not there was a story that she wanted to tell wrapped up in that rhythm. She was doing a residency at The Studios of Key West and there was a hurricane coming which didn’t wind up hitting the Keys, yet there was this palpable tension in the air which she kept coming back to. Then she began thinking about lineme