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Kim Addonizio
is the author of several collections of poetry, including
Lucifer at the Starlite
, as well as the novels
Little Beauties
and
My Dreams Out in the Street
and the story collection
In the Box Called Pleasure
.
is the author of several collections of poetry, including
Lucifer at the Starlite
, as well as the novels
Little Beauties
and
My Dreams Out in the Street
and the story collection
In the Box Called Pleasure
.
Chris Adrian
is the author of the novels
Gob’s Grief
and
The Children’s Hospital
and a collection of stories,
A Better Angel
. He is a pediatrician in San Francisco.
is the author of the novels
Gob’s Grief
and
The Children’s Hospital
and a collection of stories,
A Better Angel
. He is a pediatrician in San Francisco.
Rabih Alameddine
is the author of the novels
The Hakawati
,
Koolaids
, and
I, the Divine
, and the story collection
The Perv.
He lives in San Francisco and Beirut.
is the author of the novels
The Hakawati
,
Koolaids
, and
I, the Divine
, and the story collection
The Perv.
He lives in San Francisco and Beirut.
Naoko Awa
(1943-1993) was an award-winning writer of modern fairy tales. As a child, she read fairy tales by Grimm, Andersen, and Hauff, as well as
The Arabian Nights
. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Japanese literature from Japan Women’s University.
(1943-1993) was an award-winning writer of modern fairy tales. As a child, she read fairy tales by Grimm, Andersen, and Hauff, as well as
The Arabian Nights
. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Japanese literature from Japan Women’s University.
Aimee Bender
is the author of the story collections
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
and
Willful Creatures
and the novels
An Invisible Sign of My Own
and
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
. She teaches at the University of Southern California.
is the author of the story collections
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
and
Willful Creatures
and the novels
An Invisible Sign of My Own
and
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
. She teaches at the University of Southern California.
Francesca Lia Block
is the author of many books, including
Dangerous Angels
, the
Weetzie Bat
books,
Wood Nymph Meets Centaur: A Mythological Dating Guide
,
Pretty Dead
,
Blood Roses
, and
The Rose and the Beast
.
is the author of many books, including
Dangerous Angels
, the
Weetzie Bat
books,
Wood Nymph Meets Centaur: A Mythological Dating Guide
,
Pretty Dead
,
Blood Roses
, and
The Rose and the Beast
.
Karen Brennan
is the author of the poetry collection
The Real Enough World
, the story collection
The Garden in Which I Walk
, and the memoir
Being with Rachel
.
is the author of the poetry collection
The Real Enough World
, the story collection
The Garden in Which I Walk
, and the memoir
Being with Rachel
.
Kevin Brockmeier
is the author of the novels
The Brief History of the Dead
and
The Truth About Celia
, the children’s novels
City of Names
and
Grooves: A Kind of Mystery
, and the story collections
Things That Fall from the Sky
and
The View from the Seventh Layer
. He has received a PEN USA Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an NEA grant.
is the author of the novels
The Brief History of the Dead
and
The Truth About Celia
, the children’s novels
City of Names
and
Grooves: A Kind of Mystery
, and the story collections
Things That Fall from the Sky
and
The View from the Seventh Layer
. He has received a PEN USA Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an NEA grant.
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
is the author of two novels,
Ms. Hempel Chronicles
, a finalist for the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award, and
Madeleine Is Sleeping
, a finalist for the 2004 National Book Award and winner of the Kafka Prize. She has been a recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award and an NEA fellowship, and her fiction has appeared in
The New Yorker
,
Tin House
,
The Georgia Review
, and
The Best American Short Stories.
is the author of two novels,
Ms. Hempel Chronicles
, a finalist for the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award, and
Madeleine Is Sleeping
, a finalist for the 2004 National Book Award and winner of the Kafka Prize. She has been a recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award and an NEA fellowship, and her fiction has appeared in
The New Yorker
,
Tin House
,
The Georgia Review
, and
The Best American Short Stories.
Lucy Corin
is the author of the story collection
The Entire Predicament
and the novel
Everyday Psychokillers: A History for Girls
.
is the author of the story collection
The Entire Predicament
and the novel
Everyday Psychokillers: A History for Girls
.
Michael Cunningham
is the author of the novel
The Hours
, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award and was adapted into the Academy Award-winning film of the same name, as well as the novels
A Home at the End of the World
, also adapted for the screen,
Specimen Days
, and
Flesh and Blood.
is the author of the novel
The Hours
, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award and was adapted into the Academy Award-winning film of the same name, as well as the novels
A Home at the End of the World
, also adapted for the screen,
Specimen Days
, and
Flesh and Blood.
Kathryn Davis
lives in Vermont and spends part of the year as senior fiction writer in residence at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of the novels
Labrador, The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf
,
Hell
,
The Walking Tour, Versailles
, and
The Thin Place
, and is the recipient of the Kafka Prize, the Morton Dauwen Zabel Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim fellowship, and the Lannan Literary Award.
lives in Vermont and spends part of the year as senior fiction writer in residence at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of the novels
Labrador, The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf
,
Hell
,
The Walking Tour, Versailles
, and
The Thin Place
, and is the recipient of the Kafka Prize, the Morton Dauwen Zabel Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim fellowship, and the Lannan Literary Award.
Rikki Ducornet
is the author of the novels
The Jade Cabinet
, a finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award,
The Fan Maker’s Inquisition
, a
Los Angeles Times
Book of the Year, and
Netsuke
, among others. She has received a Lannan fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, and an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
is the author of the novels
The Jade Cabinet
, a finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award,
The Fan Maker’s Inquisition
, a
Los Angeles Times
Book of the Year, and
Netsuke
, among others. She has received a Lannan fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, and an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Brian Evenson
is the author
The Open Curtain
, a finalist for an Edgar Award, as well as
Last Days
,
Fugue State
,
The Wavering Knife
,
Dark Property
, and
The Brotherhood of Mutilation
. He has translated work by Christian Gailly, Jean Frémon, Claro, Jacques Jouet, and others.
is the author
The Open Curtain
, a finalist for an Edgar Award, as well as
Last Days
,
Fugue State
,
The Wavering Knife
,
Dark Property
, and
The Brotherhood of Mutilation
. He has translated work by Christian Gailly, Jean Frémon, Claro, Jacques Jouet, and others.
Karen Joy Fowler
is the author of several novels, including
Sister Noon
and
Wit’s End
, as well as a number of short stories. She has won the Nebula Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Commonwealth Medal, and has been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. Her novel
The Jane Austen Book Club
was a
New York Times
bestseller.
is the author of several novels, including
Sister Noon
and
Wit’s End
, as well as a number of short stories. She has won the Nebula Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Commonwealth Medal, and has been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. Her novel
The Jane Austen Book Club
was a
New York Times
bestseller.
Neil Gaiman
is the author of many books for adults and children, including
Coraline
,
American Gods
,
Anansi Boys
, and the Newbery Medal-winning
The Graveyard Book
.
is the author of many books for adults and children, including
Coraline
,
American Gods
,
Anansi Boys
, and the Newbery Medal-winning
The Graveyard Book
.
Lily Hoang
’s books include
Parabola, Changing
(winner of the PEN/Beyond Margins Award),
The Evolutionary Revolution
, and
Invisible Women
.
’s books include
Parabola, Changing
(winner of the PEN/Beyond Margins Award),
The Evolutionary Revolution
, and
Invisible Women
.
Hiromi Itō
has published more than a dozen critically acclaimed collections of poetry, several novels, and numerous books of essays. She has won many important Japanese literary prizes, including the Takami Jun Prize, the Hagiwara Sakutarō Prize, and the Izumi Shikibu Prize. For a selection of her work, see
Killing Kanoko: Selected Poetry of Hiromi Itō
.
has published more than a dozen critically acclaimed collections of poetry, several novels, and numerous books of essays. She has won many important Japanese literary prizes, including the Takami Jun Prize, the Hagiwara Sakutarō Prize, and the Izumi Shikibu Prize. For a selection of her work, see
Killing Kanoko: Selected Poetry of Hiromi Itō
.
is the author of the novel
Half-Life,
the story collection
The Melancholy of Anatomy
, the hypertext novel
Patchwork Girl
, several children’s books, and “Skin,” a story published in tattoos on the skin of more than two thousand volunteers.
Ilya Kaminsky
was born in Odessa in the former USSR and came to the United States in 1993 when his family was granted asylum by the American government. He is the author of
Dancing in Odessa
, for which he won the Whiting Writers Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters’s Metcalf Award, the Dorset Prize, and the Lannan fellowship. He teaches at San Diego State University.
was born in Odessa in the former USSR and came to the United States in 1993 when his family was granted asylum by the American government. He is the author of
Dancing in Odessa
, for which he won the Whiting Writers Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters’s Metcalf Award, the Dorset Prize, and the Lannan fellowship. He teaches at San Diego State University.
Jonathon Keats
is a writer and artist. He is the author of the story collection
The Book of the Unknown
as well as two novels,
The Pathology of Lies
and
Lighter Than Vanity
. He is the art critic for
San Francisco Magazine
.
is a writer and artist. He is the author of the story collection
The Book of the Unknown
as well as two novels,
The Pathology of Lies
and
Lighter Than Vanity
. He is the art critic for
San Francisco Magazine
.
Neil LaBute
is a writer, director, and playwright. His first film,
In the Company of Men
, debuted at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival and was followed by
Your Friends and Neighbors
,
Nurse Betty,
and
Possession
, among others. For the stage, LaBute has written plays that have been performed around the world, including
The Shape of Things
,
Fat Pig
,
Some Girls
, and the Tony Award-nominated
reasons to be pretty
. He is also the author of the story collection
Seconds of Pleasure
.
is a writer, director, and playwright. His first film,
In the Company of Men
, debuted at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival and was followed by
Your Friends and Neighbors
,
Nurse Betty,
and
Possession
, among others. For the stage, LaBute has written plays that have been performed around the world, including
The Shape of Things
,
Fat Pig
,
Some Girls
, and the Tony Award-nominated
reasons to be pretty
. He is also the author of the story collection
Seconds of Pleasure
.
Kelly Link
is the author of the story collections
Pretty Monsters
,
Magic for Beginners
, and
Stranger Things Happen
. Her stories have won Nebula awards, a Hugo Award, a Locus Award, and a World Fantasy Award. Link is cofounder and coeditor of Small Beer Press and of the zine
Lady Churchill Rosebud’s Wristlet
.
is the author of the story collections
Pretty Monsters
,
Magic for Beginners
, and
Stranger Things Happen
. Her stories have won Nebula awards, a Hugo Award, a Locus Award, and a World Fantasy Award. Link is cofounder and coeditor of Small Beer Press and of the zine
Lady Churchill Rosebud’s Wristlet
.
Joyelle McSweeney
is the author of the novels
Nylund, The Sarcographer,
and
Flet,
as well as the poetry books
The Red Bird
and
The Commandrine and Other Poems
. She is a cofounder and coeditor of Action Books and the online quarterly
Action, Yes
.
is the author of the novels
Nylund, The Sarcographer,
and
Flet,
as well as the poetry books
The Red Bird
and
The Commandrine and Other Poems
. She is a cofounder and coeditor of Action Books and the online quarterly
Action, Yes
.
Sabrina Orah Mark
is the author of the poetry collections
The Babies
and
Tsim Tsum
and of the chapbook
Walter B.’s Extraordinary Cousin Arrives for a Visit & Other Tales.
She has received fellowships from the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, the Glenn Schaeffer Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
is the author of the poetry collections
The Babies
and
Tsim Tsum
and of the chapbook
Walter B.’s Extraordinary Cousin Arrives for a Visit & Other Tales.
She has received fellowships from the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, the Glenn Schaeffer Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Michael Martone
is the author of many books of fiction and nonfiction, including
Michael Martone
,
The Flatness and Other Landscapes
,
The Blue Guide to Indiana
,
Pensées: The Thoughts of Dan Quayle
, and
Double Wide: Collected Fiction of Michael Martone
.
is the author of many books of fiction and nonfiction, including
Michael Martone
,
The Flatness and Other Landscapes
,
The Blue Guide to Indiana
,
Pensées: The Thoughts of Dan Quayle
, and
Double Wide: Collected Fiction of Michael Martone
.
Michael Mejia
is the author of the novel
Forgetfulness
. He has been the recipient of a Literature fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a grant from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation.
is the author of the novel
Forgetfulness
. He has been the recipient of a Literature fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a grant from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation.
Lydia Millet
is the author of many works of fiction, including
Oh Pure and Radiant Heart
(shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Prize),
How the Dead Dream
,
My Happy Life
(winner of the PEN USA Award for Fiction),
George Bush: Dark Prince of Love
, and
Love in Infant Monkeys
.
is the author of many works of fiction, including
Oh Pure and Radiant Heart
(shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Prize),
How the Dead Dream
,
My Happy Life
(winner of the PEN USA Award for Fiction),
George Bush: Dark Prince of Love
, and
Love in Infant Monkeys
.
Alissa Nutting
is the author of
Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls
, a collection of stories.
is the author of
Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls
, a collection of stories.
Joyce Carol Oates
has won the National Book Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction. She is the author of the national best-sellers
We Were the Mulvaneys
and
Blonde
(a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize), among many other books.
has won the National Book Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction. She is the author of the national best-sellers
We Were the Mulvaneys
and
Blonde
(a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize), among many other books.
Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
is the award-winning author of more than fifteen collections of prose, including
There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor’s Baby: Scary Fairy Tales
. The progenitor of the women’s fiction movement in modern Russian letters, she is also a playwright whose work has been staged by leading theater companies all over the world. She lives in Moscow.
is the award-winning author of more than fifteen collections of prose, including
There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor’s Baby: Scary Fairy Tales
. The progenitor of the women’s fiction movement in modern Russian letters, she is also a playwright whose work has been staged by leading theater companies all over the world. She lives in Moscow.
Francine Prose
is the author of more than twenty books. Her nonfiction includes
Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife
;
Sicilian Odyssey
;
The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired
;
Gluttony
; and
Caravaggio: Painter of Miracles.
Her novels include
Blue Angel
, which was a finalist for the National Book Award,
Goldengrove
, and
A Changed Man
.
is the author of more than twenty books. Her nonfiction includes
Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife
;
Sicilian Odyssey
;
The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired
;
Gluttony
; and
Caravaggio: Painter of Miracles.
Her novels include
Blue Angel
, which was a finalist for the National Book Award,
Goldengrove
, and
A Changed Man
.
Stacey Richter
is the author of the story collections
My Date with Satan
and
Twin Study
.
is the author of the story collections
My Date with Satan
and
Twin Study
.
Marjorie Sandor
is the author of three books, including
Portrait of My Mother, Who Posed Nude in Wartime
, winner of the National Jewish Book Award in Fiction, and
The Night Gardener: A Search for Home
, which won the Oregon Book Award for Literary Nonfiction.
is the author of three books, including
Portrait of My Mother, Who Posed Nude in Wartime
, winner of the National Jewish Book Award in Fiction, and
The Night Gardener: A Search for Home
, which won the Oregon Book Award for Literary Nonfiction.
Timothy Schaffert
is the author of the novels
The Phantom Limbs of the Rollow Sisters
,
The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God
,
Devils in the Sugar Shop
, and
The Coffins of Little Hope
. He is the online editor of
Prairie Schooner
, a contributing editor to
Fairy Tale Review
, and the director of the (downtown) Omaha lit fest and the Nebraska Summer Writers’ Conference.
is the author of the novels
The Phantom Limbs of the Rollow Sisters
,
The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God
,
Devils in the Sugar Shop
, and
The Coffins of Little Hope
. He is the online editor of
Prairie Schooner
, a contributing editor to
Fairy Tale Review
, and the director of the (downtown) Omaha lit fest and the Nebraska Summer Writers’ Conference.
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