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Elizabeth Gaffney [1]

Listed as: 
Fiction Writer
Public address: 
New York, NY
New York US
Email: 
leigh@lfliterary.com
Bio: 

My first novel, Metropolis, a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, was published by Random House in 2005. My second novel, When the World Was Young, was published by Random House in 2014. My stories have appeared in many literary magazines, including A Public Space and Conjunctions. I won the 2019 Lawrence Prize for Fiction for my story "Six-X," published in the Michigan Quarterly Review. I have also translated four books from German.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
German
Favorite authors: 
Virginia Woolf Andrea Barrett A.S. Byatt Henry James
Twitter/X: 
@elizgaffney
Born in: 
Brooklyn, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Brooklyn, NY
New York
Website: 
https://www.elizabethgaffney.com [2]
Prizes won: 

2019 Lawrence Prize for Fiction

What I'm reading now: 
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Identifies as: 
Irish American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Children
Seniors

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Links
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