Karen Bender

Karen E. Bender is the author of three story collections—Refund, a Finalist for the National Book Award and shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor and longlisted for the Story prize, The New Order, longlisted for the Story Prize, and The Words of Dr. L, just out in May from Counterpoint Press. Her novels are Like Normal People and A Town of Empty Rooms. Her fiction has appeared in magazines including The New Yorker, Granta, Ploughshares, The Yale Review, The Harvard Review, Zoetrope, and others. Her fiction has been reprinted in Best American Short Stories and Best American Mystery Stories and has won three Pushcart prizes. She has taught at numerous MFA programs, and is currently a Visiting Writer at SUNY Stony Brook and Core Faculty at the Alma College low residency program. Visit her at Karen Bender | Official website of author Karen E. Bender