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Elizabeth Gaffney (born New York City, December 22, 1966) is an American novelist. She graduated from Vassar College and holds an MFA in fiction from
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the editor at large of the literary magazine '' A Public Space'' and was a staff editor of '' The Paris Review'' for 16 years, under George Plimpton. She teaches writing at New York University, Queens University of Charlotte, and A Public Space.
Official websiteA Public Space websiteThe 24-Hour Room website
1966 births Living people 21st-century American novelists American women novelists Vassar College alumni Brooklyn College alumni 21st-century American women writers {{US-novelist-1960s-stub
Elizabeth Gaffney (born New York City, December 22, 1966) is an American novelist. She graduated from Vassar College and holds an MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls about 15,000 undergraduate and 2,800 graduate students on a 35-acre campus.
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. She is the founder of the virtual writers spacThe 24-Hour Room
the editor at large of the literary magazine '' A Public Space'' and was a staff editor of '' The Paris Review'' for 16 years, under George Plimpton. She teaches writing at New York University, Queens University of Charlotte, and A Public Space.
Publications
Novels
Elizabeth Gaffney is the author of two novels published by Random House. ''Metropolis'' was published in 2005. ''When the World Was Young'' was published in 2015.Short stories
Elizabeth Gaffney has published short stories in various literary magazines including Virginia Quarterly Review, North American Review, Conjunctions and Michigan Quarterly Review. She won the 2019Lawrence Prize for Fiction
Lawrence may refer to:
Education Colleges and universities
* Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States
* Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
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Translations
Elizabeth Gaffney has translated four books from German: ''The Arbogast Case'' byThomas Hettche
Thomas Hettche (born 30 November 1964 in Treis, Hesse) is a German author.
Hettche completed his ''Abitur'' at the Liebigschule Giessen, He studied German studies and philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and ...
, ''The Pollen Room'' by Zoë Jenny
Zoë Jenny (born 1974 in Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss writer. Her first novel, '' The Pollen Room'', was published in German in 1997 and has been translated into 27 languages. She lived in London. In 2008, she married Matthew Homfray, a British ...
, Invisible Woman: Growing up Black in Germany, by Ika Hügel-Marshall
Erika "Ika" Hügel-Marshall (13 March 1947 – 21 April 2022) was a German author and activist. She was active in the Afro-German women's movement organization ADEFRA (Afro-Deutsche Frauen). Her autobiography, ''Daheim unterwegs. Ein deutsches ...
and ''You Can't See the Elephants'' by Susan Kreller.
References
External links
Official website
1966 births Living people 21st-century American novelists American women novelists Vassar College alumni Brooklyn College alumni 21st-century American women writers {{US-novelist-1960s-stub