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Elissa Schappell is an American novelist, short-story writer, editor and essayist. She was a co-founder and editor of the literary magazine Tin House.

Writing career

Schappell graduated from New York University with an MFA in creative writing.[1] Her first job in publishing was with Spy magazine in the 1980s.[2]

Schappell's first book of fiction, Use Me, a collection of 10 linked short stories, was published in 2000 by William Morrow, and was runner-up for the PEN/Hemingway Award.^{[citation needed]} A second book of fiction, Blueprints for Building Better Girls, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2011.[3] It was chosen as a "Best Book of the Year" by The San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal Newsweek/The Daily Beast, and O, The Oprah Magazine.^{[citation needed]}

Schappell's articles, fiction, interviews and essays have been published in magazines including GQ, Vogue, Spin, BOMB, One Story and Nerve.[4] She has written book reviews for The New York Times, Bookforum, and The Daily Telegraph.[5] She was the longtime author of the "Hot Type" book column in Vanity Fair, where she is also a contributing editor.[2][6][7][8]

Schappell was one of the founders and editors of the literary magazine Tin House.[6][8] She was previously a Senior Editor at The Paris Review.[6][8]

Schappell teaches at schools including Columbia University, NYU, and Queens University.

Personal life

Originally from Delaware, Schappell now lives in Brooklyn.[2] She is married to Rob Spillman, with whom she co-founded Tin House.[2][6]

Publications

• "Novice Bitch" in the anthology The KGB Bar Reader (1998)[9][10]
• Use Me (William Morrow, 2000)
• Contributed an article about Allen Ginsberg to The Paris Review anthology Beat Writers at Work[11]
• "Crossing the Line in the Sand: How Mad Can Mother Get?" in The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage (2002)
• "That sort of woman" in The Mrs Dalloway Reader (2003)
• "Sex and the Single Squirrel" in Cooking and Stealing: The Tin House Nonfiction Reader (2004)[12]
• Co-edited and contributed to The Friend Who Got Away: Twenty Women's True-Life Tales of Friendships That Blew Up, Burned Out or Faded Away[13]
• Essay on Naked Lunch in Bound to Last: 30 Writers on Their Most Cherished Book (2010)[14]
• Blueprints for Building Better Girls (Simon & Schuster, 2011)
• "High-Strung Knitter" in Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting (2013)

References

External links

• Elissa Schappell, "Women on the Verge", The New York Times, February 15, 2013.
• Elissa Schappell at Salon.
• Schappell at Random House website
• Interview with Elissa Schappell on Read First, Ask Later, Episode 18^{[dead link]}
• "The Bitch In the House'", NPR interview with Schappell, 2002

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