Lydia Millet

Lydia Millet is a highly acclaimed fiction author, known for her captivating and unique stories. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the PEN Center USA Award and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award. Some of her notable works have been listed as New York Times notable sellers and have been finalists for prestigious prizes such as the Pulitzer Prize.

Millet was born in Boston and grew up in Toronto, Canada. She has a distinctive writing style, often incorporating dark humor and idiosyncratic characters into her work. In addition to her interest in human relationships, Millet is also known for her strong interest in the relationship between humans and other animals.

Before becoming a full-time author, Millet worked as a sub-editor for various magazines including Busty Beauties, Hustler, and S.W.A.T. She now lives in Tucson, Arizona with her husband and daughter, where she has worked as an editor and writer at the Center for Biological Diversity since 1999.

Over the course of her career, Millet has written more than a dozen novels and story collections. Some of her most well-known works include "Love in Infant Monkeys," which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and "Fight No More," which received an award of merit from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her writing has also been longlisted for the National Book Award and shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her recent novel "A Children's Bible," which explores the intergenerational traumas of climate change and extinction, was a National Book Award finalist and one of the New York Times Best 10 Books of 2020.