Allegra Hyde is an American writer. She is originally from Peterborough, New Hampshire. [1] She teaches creative writing at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. [2] She has also taught at Oberlin College and Warren Wilson College. [3]
Born in Peterborough, New Hampshire, Hyde graduated from ConVal Regional High School. [4] She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Williams College and Master of Fine Arts from Arizona State University. [5] [2] At Williams College, Hyde studied with Jim Shepard. [6] She received a Fullbright Grant to teach in English in Bulgaria. [7] [8] [9]
During graduate school, she published a series of short stories titled "Of This New World." [10] The collection received a positive review in The Gazette. [11] Hyde published her debut novel, Eleutheria, in 2022. The New Yorker named Eleutheria a Best Book of 2022 and it also received a positive review in the Los Angeles Times. [12] [13] It was also shortlisted for the First Novelist Award and featured on Late Night with Seth Meyers. [2] Her short story collection The Last Catastrophe (2023) was a New York Times Editors' Choice Selection. [2]
Hyde's work has been awarded the Pushcart Prize four times and has appeared in The Best American Travel Writing and The Best American Short Stories. [2]
Hyde's influences include Octavia Butler, Julie Otsuka, and Denis Johnson. [14] Much of Hyde's work falls into the category of climate fiction. [15]
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