Darcey Steinke is an American novelist and journalist. The daughter of a Lutheran minister. She is the author of four novels (Up Through the Water, Suicide Blonde, Jesus Saves, and Milk) and the memoir Easter Everywhere. She also co-edited the collection of essays Joyful Noise: The New Testament Revisited with Rick Moody. Steinke has written extensively on art and literature and was a frequent contributor to Spin Magazine, covering the David Koresh Branch Davidian story and contributing a 1997 cover story on Kurt Cobain. In addition, she has a web project called blindspot, which was part of the Whitney Biennial in 2000.