Dawn Raffel is the author of five books, most recently The Strange Case of Dr. Couney, which won a Christopher Award. Her other books include a memoir, The Secret Life of Objects, two story collections—Further Adventures in the Restless Universe and In the Year of Long Division—and a novel, Carrying the Body.  She has taught creative writing at Columbia University (MFA and undergrad), as well as Summer Literary Seminars worldwide, the Center for Fiction in New York, and numerous independent workshops.  She is also a certified yoga instructor and increasingly integrates breath work and movement into the teaching of creative writing. She can be reached via Dawnraffel.com

Website: http://www.dawnraffel.com/

Twitter Username: @dawnraffel

Publications

• The Secret Life of Objects , Jaded IBis Press (June 1, 2012)
• Further Adventures in the Restless Universe , Dzanc Books (March 15, 2010)
• Carrying the Body , Scribner (October 1, 2002)
• In the Year of Long Division , Knopf (January 15, 1995)
• The Strange Case of Dr. Couney , Blue Rider (Penguin) (July 31, 2018)

Awards

• The Christopher Award(2019)

Employment

• Independent Editor at Independent (November 2014 - )
• Adjunct Assistant Profofessor at Columbia University (January 2019 - )
• Allen Scholar at New York Public Library (May 2015 - September 2016)

Degrees

• Bachelor of Arts in semiotics from Brown University

Genres of Interest

Fiction, Creative nonfiction