Ann Harleman

Ann Harleman is the author of the story collections Thoreau’s Laundry (2007) and Happiness (1994), which won the Iowa Short Fiction Award; her novels are The Year She Disappeared (2008) and Bitter Lake (1996). Her awards include Guggenheim and Rockefeller fellowships. She lived and worked behind the Iron Curtain and has taught at a handful of American colleges—including her current employer, Brown University. She makes her home within sight of San Francisco Bay.