Rebecca Kanner's debut novel is forthcoming in the spring of 2013 from Simon and Schuster. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Fiction Writing from Washington University in St. Louis. Her writing has won an Associated Writing Programs Award, a Loft Mentorship Award and a 2012 Minnesota State Arts Board Grant. Her stories have been published in numerous journals including The Kenyon Review and The Cincinnati Review. Her personal essay, “Safety,” is listed as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2011. She teaches writing at The Loft in Minneapolis.

Bellingham Review, Kenyon Review, The Cincinnati Review, The Tusculum Review, Third Coast, War, Literature and the Arts