Rachel Lyon
Rachel Lyon is the author of Self-Portrait with Boy, a finalist for the Center for Fiction’s 2018 First Novel Prize, and Fruit of the Dead, an Oprah Magazine best book of 2024 and which The New York Times called “superb” and “refreshing.” Lyon’s short stories have appeared in One Story, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, and other publications. She has taught creative writing most recently at Bennington College and at the American University of Paris, where she was the 2024 Paris Writer in Residence. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, she lives with her family in Western Massachusetts.
Rachel Lyon is the author of Self-Portrait with Boy, a finalist for the Center for Fiction’s 2018 First Novel Prize, and Fruit of the Dead, an Oprah Magazine best book of 2024 and which The New York Times called “superb” and “refreshing.” Lyon’s short stories have appeared in One Story, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, and other publications. She has taught creative writing most recently at Bennington College and at the American University of Paris, where she was the 2024 Paris Writer in Residence. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, she lives with her family in Western Massachusetts.
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