Elizabeth Gaffney (born New York City, December 22, 1966) is an American novelist. She graduated from

Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely foll ...

and holds an MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College. She is the founder of the virtual writers spac
The 24-Hour Room
the editor at large of the literary magazine ''

A Public Space ''A Public Space'' is a nonprofit triquarterly English-language literary magazine based in Brooklyn, New York. First published in April 2006, ''A Public Space'' publishes fiction, poetry, essays and art. The magazine's Focus portfolios have exam ...

'' and was a staff editor of ''

The Paris Review ''The Paris Review'' is a quarterly English-language literary magazine established in Paris in 1953 by Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton. In its first five years, ''The Paris Review'' published works by Jack Kerouac, Phil ...

'' for 16 years, under

George Plimpton George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American writer. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found ''The Paris Review'', as well as his patrician demeanor and accent. He was also known for " ...

. She teaches writing at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, th ...

Queens University of Charlotte The Queens University of Charlotte is a private university in Charlotte, North Carolina. It has approximately 2,300 undergraduate and graduate students through the College of Arts and Sciences, the McColl School of Business, the Wayland H. Cato, ...

, and

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 The ''Virginia Quarterly Review'' is a quarterly literary magazine that was established in 1925 by James Southall Wilson, at the request of University of Virginia president E. A. Alderman. This ''"National Journal of Literature and Discussion" ...

North American Review The ''North American Review'' (NAR) was the first literary magazine in the United States. It was founded in Boston in 1815 by journalist Nathan Hale and others. It was published continuously until 1940, after which it was inactive until revived at ...

, Conjunctions and

Michigan Quarterly Review The ''Michigan Quarterly Review'' is an American literary magazine founded in 1962 and published at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The quarterly (known as "MQR" for short) publishes art, essays, interviews, memoirs, fiction, poetry, and ...

. She won the 2019 Lawrence Prize for Fiction.

Translations

Elizabeth Gaffney has translated four books from German: ''The Arbogast Case'' by Thomas Hettche, ''The Pollen Room'' by Zoë Jenny, Invisible Woman: Growing up Black in Germany, by Ika Hügel-Marshall and ''You Can't See the Elephants'' by Susan Kreller.

References

External links

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