Kate Zambreno

Kate Zambreno is an accomplished American author, celebrated for her works of fiction and nonfiction. She has written several novels, including "O Fallen Angel," which won the Undoing the Novel contest, and "Green Girl," published by Harper Perennial. Zambreno's writing is often compared to that of Virginia Woolf, Kathy Acker, Elfriede Jelinek, and Angela Carter, as her unique style is seen as a perfected synthesis of these four authors' work.

Zambreno gained critical acclaim and appreciation with her memoir, "Heroines," which explores the lives of modern women. When she published her debut story, she was praised for her excellent writing skills by Bookslut's Michael Schaub. In addition to her novels and memoir, Zambreno has also authored several books, including "The Appendix Project," a collection of talks and essays, and "Book of Mutter," a collection of personal essays. She is also at work on a novel, "Drifts," and a study of Hervé Guibert.

Zambreno is a prolific writer, with eight books to her name, including "Drifts" and "To Write As If Already Dead." She is also the author of "The Light Room," a meditation on art and care, which is forthcoming from Riverhead Books in Summer 2023. Her writing has been featured in various publications, including The Paris Review, Granta, BOMB, Astra, VQR, and more. Zambreno is a dedicated educator and teaches in the graduate nonfiction program at Columbia University and is the Strachan Donnelley Chair in Environmental Writing at Sarah Lawrence College. In 2021, she was named a Guggenheim Fellow in Nonfiction.
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 O Fallen Angel 2009
2 Green Girl 2011
3 Drifts 2020
Short Story Collections
# Title Year
1 Screen Tests 2019
Non-Fiction Books
# Title Year
1 Heroines 2012
2 Book of Mutter 2017
3 Appendix Project 2019
4 The Light Room 2023
5 Michael Raedecker 2023
6 Tone 2023
Rereadings Books
# Title Year
1 Vineland Reread 2021
2 A Visit from the Goon Squad Reread 2021
3 To Write as If Already Dead 2021
Kate Zambreno Anthologies
# Title Year
1 Icon 2014
2 Music & Literature No. 7 2016
3 MAKE X 2016