Laura van den Berg

Laura van den Berg is an American award-winning book writer.[1] Her two collections of short stories were both put on the shortlist for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award in 2010 and 2014. The first collection, published in 2009, is What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us, and the second collection, published in 2013, is The Isle of Youth.[2][3]

Laura van den Berg
van den Berg (2015)
Born (1983-05-01) May 1, 1983
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
Website
lauravandenberg.com

Her other books include Find Me, The Third Hotel, and There Will Be No More Good Nights Without Good Nights.[4]

Biography

Laura van den Berg was raised in Florida. She has a BA from Rollins College ('05) and an M.F.A. from Emerson College. Her stories have been published in Conjunctions, American Short Fiction, Ploughshares, Glimmer Train and One Story.

Personal life

Van den Berg lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her husband, Paul Yoon.[4][5]

Awards and honors
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Bibliography
  • What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us, Dzanc Books (2009)
  • There Will Be No More Good Nights Without Good Nights, Origami Zoo Press / Bull City Press, (2012)
  • The Isle of Youth, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2013)
  • Find Me, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2015), novel
  • The Third Hotel, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018, ISBN 978-0374168353
  • I Hold a Wolf by the Ears, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020, ISBN 978-0374102098
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References
  1. Serber, Natalie. Worst-Laid Plans Laura van den Berg’s ‘Isle of Youth', NYTimes, November 22, 2013.
  2. Flood, Alison (9 July 2010). "US writers dominate Frank O'Connor award shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  3. Alison Flood (13 June 2014). "Frank O'Connor prize shortlist pits 'masters' against first-timers". The Guardian. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  4. "Laura van den Berg". FSG Originals. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  5. Sutherland, Amy (August 3, 2017). "Paul Yoon is a big fan of new fiction with a soft spot for classics". The Boston Globe. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  6. "The American Academy of Arts and Letters Announces 2014 Literature Awards Winners". American Academy of Arts and Letters. March 10, 2014. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2014.


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