Layne Fargo

Layne Fargo is an American author, known for writing feminist novels. She is also the cohost of Unlikeable Female Characters. Her third novel, The Favorites, is set to be adapted into a film produced by Netflix.

Early life and education Fargo has been writing since she was a child. She completed a theater/English double major at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She met her husband, fellow theater major Nathan Miller, at Indiana University Pennsylvania. She also has a background in theater, women's studies, and library science. She has two graduate degrees. She wrote her Master's thesis on neo-burlesque and the female gaze. She previously worked as a dramaturg.

Career Fargo first tried writing a novel in 2012, for National Novel Writing Month. She called the novel "pretty awful", and it was rejected by over 100 agents. However, she repurposed the protagonist, Kira, for a book that would later become her published debut, Temper.

She likes to write about things that make her angry, such as the patriarchy.

She cohosts a podcast titled Unlikeable Female Characters with Kristen Lepionka and Wendy Heard.

She is the vice president of the Chicagoland Chapter of Sisters in Crime. It will focus on three women: the lead of the original run who is now producing the revival, the director of the revival, and the lead of the revival. She is a longtime ice skating enthusiast.