Biography

 

Elizabeth Eslami, author of 'Hibernate' and 'Bone Worship'

Elizabeth Eslami, author of ‘Hibernate’ and ‘Bone Worship’

Elizabeth Eslami is the author of the story collection Hibernate, for which she was awarded the 2013 Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction, as well as the novel Bone Worship (Pegasus, 2010).

Her essays, short stories, and travel writing have appeared most recently in The Sun and Witness, and her work is featured in the anthologies Tremors: New Fiction By Iranian American Writers, The Weeklings: Revolution 1, and Writing Off Script: Writers on the Influence of Cinema.

 

She has taught in the MFA Programs at Manhattanville College and Indiana University, and she is currently the Hampton and Esther Boswell Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at DePauw University.