Rachel Lyon (novelist)

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Rachel Lyon is an American novelist. Her first novel, Self-Portrait with Boy, was longlisted for the 2018 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. [1]

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Life

She attended Saint Ann's School, Princeton University, and Indiana University Bloomington, and has taught at the Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop [2] and Bennington College. [3]

She was an editor at Epiphany magazine from 2020-2022. [4]

Works

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References

  1. "2018 First Novel Prize". The Center for Fiction. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Rachel Lyon on art and ambition in her debut novel, 'Self-Portrait With Boy'". Los Angeles Times. 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  3. "Rachel Lyon | Bennington College". www.bennington.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  4. "Rachel Lyon". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  5. SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BOY | Kirkus Reviews.
  6. "The Unintended Moment: Rachel Lyon's "Self-Portrait with Boy"". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  7. Young, Molly (March 5, 2024). "A Modern-Day Persephone, Seduced by Opioids and Wealth". The New York Times.
  8. MacAllen, Ian (2024-03-07). ""You Learn to Care for Your Characters Differently": An Interview with Rachel Lyon on "Fruit of the Dead"". Chicago Review of Books. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  9. "Novel 'Fruit of the Dead' is a contemporary reimagining of Persephone". www.wbur.org. 2024-03-05. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  10. FRUIT OF THE DEAD | Kirkus Reviews.