Don't Skip Out on Me

Willy Vlautin is the prize-winning author of four acclaimed novels, The MotelLife (2005), Northline (2007), Lean on Pete (2010), which was shortlisted for the IMPAC Prize, and The Free (2014). He is also the frontman of the band Richmond Fontaine, whose many albums include 'Post to Wire', and more recently founded The Delines. Originally from Reno, he now lives in Portland, Oregon.