Kate Folk is the author of the short story collection Out There. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Granta, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, and Zyzzyva. A former Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, she's also received support from the Headlands Center for the Arts, MacDowell, and Willapa Bay AiR. She lives in San Francisco.

"Very strange and very funny."--The Guardian

"A zany, charming, and unexpectedly poignant portrait of a woman who feels herself to be unassimilable to the world of normal people."--Electric Literature

"This is the craziest, funniest book I've read in a while. And I read a lot of crazy, funny books. Get your boarding pass out and get ready for some turbulence. Sky Daddy is insane."--Gary Shteyngart

"Breathtakingly audacious, Sky Daddy lifts off and swiftly accelerates, breaking the barrier of your preconceptions and disbelief, taking you to utterly new places and insights."--Ling Ma

"Folk has written something truly original here: the kind of novel that startles you into remembering fiction's potential to be simultaneously deeply weird, deeply funny and deeply felt."--The Telegraph

"Utterly delightful and even profound."--Vanity Fair

"Anything can be 'daddy, ' even planes, as Kate Folk proves in her debut novel. . . . If you can't get enough of shows like My Strange Addiction or Objective Love, this one is for you."--Bustle

"Truly odd [and] inexplicably poignant . . . Buckle up, it's one hell of a ride."--Literary Hub

"Sky Daddy is a voyeuristic masterpiece--you'll never look at a contrail (or an airplane blanket) the same way again."--Kimberly King Parsons

"This book is a dog whistle for the true freaks--never have I felt so seen! I loved it."--Rita Bullwinkel

"With wit and humor, Kate Folk gives us an unsettling but fascinating look at the complicated ways humans relate to technology."--Weike Wang

"Powerful and wise, Sky Daddy also manages to be the funniest book about sexual obsession that I have ever read."--Colin Winnette

"I found myself breathless, shocked, and wonderstruck. Kate Folk is a singular talent, soaring in a brilliant universe all her own."--Emily Habeck

"Innovative, daring, and (very) fun, Kate Folk's eccentrically smart novel of outward, and inward, love effortlessly blends humor and heart. It's impossible to forget."--Iain Reid

"Get on board already! Sky Daddy is absurd and poignant, hilarious and gruesome, razor-sharp and tenderhearted."--Lily Brooks-Dalton

"Delightfully weird and totally electric."--Gina Chung

"Kate Folk's sharp sentences and sidesplitting characters sparkle with glorious cringe. Do not miss this flight."--Henry Hoke

"With this brilliant deep dive into the irrational abyss of obsession, Kate Folk proves herself to be a truly original new voice in fiction."--Mat Johnson

"Sky Daddy is outrageously funny and smartly unsettling . . . also probably the worst (or . . . best?) book to read on a plane."--Ed Park

"Wry, tender, and sweetly odd . . . It's an unforgettable ode to the pursuit of desire."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"An utterly confident and endearing portrait of a woman unlike anyone readers have met before."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Publisher: Random House Trade

Pub date: 2026-04-07

Length: 384 pages