Monica Byrne SM '05 discusses her debut novel, The Girl in the Road, in this podcast from the MIT Alumni Association.

Byrne, tells the story of one young woman leaving her home in Mumbai to cross the Arabian Sea on a futuristic solar bridge, and another young woman seeking a soulmate on a road trip in Africa. Byrne, an award-winning playwright, discusses the influences of her earth sciences and geology studies on the novel and her decision to pursue a life in the arts after such a rigorous study of science.

Read more about the book at alum.mit.edu/sliceofmit