Lynn Stegner

Lynn Stegner’s books include the novels, Undertow and Fata Morgana, both nominated for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, and Because a Fire Was in My Head – Faulkner Award for Best Novel, a 2007 Literary Ventures Selection, a Book Sense Pick, and a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Her novella triptych, Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, was awarded a Faulkner Society’s Gold Medal. Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Western States Arts Council as well as a Fulbright scholarship have recognized the literary distinction of her work. The anthology, West of 98: Living and Writing the New American West, which she co-edited and introduced, was published in September of 2011. Over the last decade she has involved herself in conservation, speaking and writing frequently on the subject, and collaborating with both US and international conservation biologists. In addition to the writing workshops she teaches for Stanford University, she is also a developmental editor, with clients around the world. In 2016 her story collection, For All the Obvious Reasons, was published, and she has just finished a new novel entitled The Half-life of Guilt. Lynn Stegner married the late novelist, historian, and essayist, Page Stegner, son of Wallace Stegner. She divides her time between San Francisco, California and northern Vermont. Click the link for more on Lynn’s website.