The Understory

The Understory
First edition
(with LA Times Book Prize finalist sticker)
AuthorPamela Erens
Cover artistMichael Marquand
LanguageEnglish
PublisherIronweed Press
Publication date
Sept 2007
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages142
ISBN1-931336-04-0

The Understory is the debut novel by American author Pamela Erens published in 2007 by Ironweed Press, and republished in 2014 by Tin House Books following the success of her second novel, The Virgins. It was a finalist for both the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing fiction prize[1] and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction.[2]