Nobody Is Ever Missing

Nobody Is Ever Missing is a 2014 debut novel by American writer Catherine Lacey. Writing and publication While working toward an MFA in non-fiction writing from Columbia University, Lacey worked on a book for four years, which she eventually abandoned. After she stopped working on that book, she began working on short stories; she eventually turned these into Nobody Is Ever Missing. Lacey had a breakthrough in writing from the point of view of the narrator and central character, Elyria, while writing a specific scene in which she was "narrating a letter to her husband". The book's title comes from the John Berryman poem "Dream Song 29", published in Berryman's collection The Dream Songs. Reception According to literary review aggregator Book Marks, the novel received mostly reviews the site characterized as "Rave" and "Positive".