Daphne Kalotay is an acclaimed author of fiction, known for her novels and short story collections. Her debut novel, "Russian Winter," became an international bestseller and won the 2011 Writers' League of Texas Award in Fiction. She has also published the novels "Sight Reading," a Boston Globe bestseller and winner of the New England Society Book Award in Fiction, and "Blue Hours," which was named a Massachusetts Book Awards "Must Read." Her short fiction includes "Calamity and Other Stories," shortlisted for the Story Prize, and "The Archivists," winner of the Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction.
Kalotay holds a PhD in Modern and Contemporary Literature from Boston University, where she also earned an MFA in Creative Writing. Her academic work includes a dissertation on Mavis Gallant, whose interview she conducted for the Paris Review's Writers-at-Work series. Her writing has earned prestigious fellowships from the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, Yaddo, Bogliasco, and MacDowell. Known for her lyrical prose and keen psychological insight, Kalotay has taught literature and creative writing at institutions including Harvard University, Princeton University, and Boston University. She resides in Somerville, Massachusetts.