Nelly Reifler

American novelist

Nelly Reifler is an American short story writer and novelist. She is perhaps best known for her short fiction collection See Through,[1] and her debut novel Elect H. Mouse State Judge, published by Faber and Faber in August 2013.[2]

Reifler began her career as an assistant to Paul Auster from 1997–2005, co-editing a collection with him titled I Thought My Father Was God.[3] Her stories have been published in various literary journals, including Failbetter, Black Book, BOMB (magazine), The Fiddleback, Sleepingfish, jubilat, Post Road, and McSweeneys.[4] She received a Henfield Prize in 1996,[5] won a Literary Death Match in 2010, and was a MacDowell Fellow in 2005.

She teaches creative writing at the Pratt Institute[6] and at Sarah Lawrence College.[7]

Partial bibliography

"Elect H. Mouse State Judge: A Novel" Faber & Faber (August 6, 2013) ISBN 9780865477650

"See Through: Stories" Simon & Schuster (August 26, 2003) ISBN 9780743236089

References

  1. ^ "Nelly Reifler". Simon & Schuster.
  2. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Elect H. Mouse State Judge by Nelly Reifler". PublishersWeekly.com.
  3. ^ "I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project: Paul Auster: 9780312421007". Amazon.com.
  4. ^ "STORIES". NELLY REIFLER.
  5. ^ "ABOUT". NELLY REIFLER.
  6. ^ "Pratt Institute".
  7. ^ "Nelly Reifler".