Rachel Sherman holds an MFA in fiction from Columbia University. Her short stories have appeared in?McSweeney’s,?Fence,?Conjunctions,?n+1, and the?Los Angeles Review of Books, among other publications. Her first book,?The First Hurt?(Open City Books, 2006), was short-listed for The Story Prize and the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, and was named one of the 25 Books to Remember in 2006 by the New York Public Library. Her novel,?Living Room?(Open City Books, 2009) was commended for its "perfect pacing” by?The New York Times Book Review. She teaches writing at Columbia University, and leads the Ditmas Writing Workshops.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Writing
Writing Alumna 2003