Ramona Ausubel

Ramona Ausubel is an accomplished American author, known for her unique voice and versatile writing style. Hailing from New Mexico, she has made a name for herself as a master of her craft, creating characters and worlds that are both intimate and alive. Her work has been published in numerous prestigious outlets, including The New Yorker, Tin House, and The Paris Review Daily.

Ausubel has written several novels and collections of short stories, one of which is "No One is Here Except All of Us." This novel was a New York Times Editor’s Choice and a San Francisco Chronicle and Huffington Post Best Book of the Year. She has also published a collection of short stories titled "A Guide to Being Born," which received critical acclaim and was named a New York Times’ Notable Book.

In addition to her published work, Ausubel has received numerous awards and accolades for her writing. She won the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Fiction and the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award for "No One is Here Except All of Us." Her collection of stories, "A Guide to Being Born," was also recognized as a Finalist for the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award.

Ausubel is also a faculty member of the low-residency MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Through her writing, she has established herself as a singular voice within the industry, with a core sense of her own idiosyncratic and unique personality at the center of it all. She knows her audience well and writes in an almost intimate manner, making her work accessible and engaging for readers.
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 No One is Here Except All of Us 2012
2 Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty 2016
3 The Last Animal 2023
Short Stories/Novellas
# Title Year
1 Tributaries 2013
Short Story Collections
# Title Year
1 A Guide to Being Born 2013
2 Awayland 2018