JENN SHAPLAND’s first book, My Autobiography of Carson McCullers, was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the Lambda Literary Award and the Publishing Triangle Award, amongst other honors. She’s the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, support from the Georgia O'Keeffe fellowship, and residencies at Aspen Words, Ucross, Yaddo, the Carson McCullers Center for Artists and Musicians, the Vermont Studio Center, the Tin House Writers Workshop, and the Harry Ransom Center graduate internship.