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.