Joy Lanzendorfer
Joy Lanzendorfer’s fiction and nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, NPR, Plougshares, Raritan, Poetry Foundation, and many others.
She was included in The Best Small Fictions anthology and was a notable in The Best American Essays 2019. Other honors include grants and residencies from the Discovered Awards for Emerging Literary Artists, Wildacres Residency Program, and the Speculative Literature Foundation.
Find Joy on her website or follow her on Twitter at @JoyLanzendorfer
Bibliography
- StandaloneRight Back Where We Started FromJoy Lanzendorfer
Reviews
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"This is a novel of California dreaming, from the Gold Rush to the Hollywood Hills. Lanzendorfer writes with charm, style, and great energy."Ellen Sussman, New York Times bestselling author
"Joy Lanzendorfer artfully weaves a beautifully textured saga...Gripping prose and memorable and complex characters make this shining debut a pleasure to read."Liza Nash Taylor, author of Etiquette for Runaways
"Joy Lanzendorfer has crafted a terrific first novel, one brimming with energy, wit, and emotional resonance... The novel captures, vividly, some of the crazier times in California’s crazy history. Highly recommended!”Peter Orner, author of Maggie Brown & Others
"Regardless of how you feel about the women, this is a story that comes alive around you, immersing you in the eras so that you’re startled when you look up and realize you’re not there with them."
Awards & Accolades
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