Elizabeth Eslami is an

Iranian American Iranian Americans are United States citizens or nationals who are of Iranian ancestry or who hold Iranian citizenship. Iranian Americans are among the most highly educated people in the United States. They have historically excelled in busin ...

writer of novels, essays, and short stories.

Life

Elizabeth Eslami was born in

Gaffney, South Carolina Gaffney is a city in and the seat of Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, in the Upstate region of South Carolina. Gaffney is known as the "Peach Capital of South Carolina". The population was 12,539 at the 2010 census, with an esti ...

. She received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and her MFA from the

Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers Warren Wilson College (WWC) is a private liberal arts college in Swannanoa, North Carolina. It is known for its curriculum that combines academics, work, and service as every student must complete a requisite course of study, work an on-campus j ...

. Her debut novel, ''Bone Worship'', appeared in 2010. Her essays, short stories, and travel writing have appeared or are forthcoming in The Sun,

The Literary Review ''The Literary Review'' is an American literary magazine founded in 1957. The biannual magazine is published internationally by Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey. In addition to the publication of short stories, poems, an ...

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 ...

, Crab Orchard Review,

The Millions ''The Millions'' is an online literary magazine created by C. Max Magee in 2003. It contains articles about literary topics and book reviews. ''The Millions'' has several regular contributors as well as frequent guest appearances by literary no ...

, Matador Network and others. She is a frequent contributor to The Nervous Breakdown. Her work is also featured in the anthologies ''Tremors: New Fiction By Iranian American Writers'' (2013) and ''Writing Off Script: Writers on the Influence of Cinema'' (2011). Eslami was awarded the 2013 Ohio State University Short Fiction Prize for her collection of short stories, ''Hibernate,'' which was also a finalist for the 2011

Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction is an annual prize awarded by the University of Georgia Press named in honor of the American short story writer and novelist Flannery O'Connor. Established in 1983 to encourage young writers by bringi ...

. Eslami taught Creative Writing at

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. Campuses Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI. *Indiana Universi ...

from 2014-2016. She is now the Hampton and Esther Boswell Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at

DePauw University DePauw University is a private liberal arts university in Greencastle, Indiana. It has an enrollment of 1,972 students. The school has a Methodist heritage and was originally known as Indiana Asbury University. DePauw is a member of both the ...

Awards

* 2013 Ohio State University Short Fiction Prize for ''Hibernate''

Works

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References

External links

Eslami's website

Book review and interview, Bend Bulletin (OR)

Review of ''Bone Worship'' in Boston Globe

Review of ''Bone Worship'' in NW Asian Weekly

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