American · b. 1966
Elizabeth McCracken writes short stories and novels about grief, family, and the persistence of love after loss. Her collection "Thunderstruck & Other Stories" was shortlisted for the Story Prize; "The Souvenir Museum" continued her examination of how we carry the dead. The American author's memoir "An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination" addressed her stillborn son with devastating honesty. McCracken finds comedy and tragedy inseparable.