Hannah Pittard is the author of four novels and a forthcoming memoir. her books have been recommended by the new york times; chicago tribune; O, the oprah Magazine; TIME; The guardian; the washington post; belletrist; powell’s indie subscription club; the indie next list; and the signed first edition club at harvard bookstore. she is a winner of the amanda davis highwire fiction award, a macdowell colony fellow, and a graduate of deerfield academy, the university of chicago, and the university of virginia. she also spent some time at st. john’s college in annapolis. she is a professor of english at the university of kentucky and lives in lexington with her boyfriend and step-daughter.

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