Olivia Clare Friedman is the author of three books: HERE LIES, a novel from Grove Atlantic, DISASTERS IN THE FIRST WORLD (short stories), and THE 26-HOUR DAY (poems). Her stories have been published in The Paris Review, Granta, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, The Southern Review, ZYZZYVA, and elsewhere. Her poems have appeared in Poetry, The Southern Review, Denver Quarterly, and other journals. She is the recipient of an O. Henry Prize (fiction), a Pushcart Prize (fiction), a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award (fiction), and a Ruth Lilly Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation. She is currently an Assistant Professor in English, Creative Writing, at the University of Southern Mississippi.