Jessica Keener's Reading Interests
Influences
Flannery O'Connor, Raymond Carver, Jean Rhys, Jane Austen, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Hannah Arendt, Marilynne Robinson, and so many more.
Jessica Keener’s Bookmarks
This gripping first novel announces the arrival of a strong, distinct and fully evolved new voice. ”
—Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of A Visit From The Goon Squad
About Jessica
Jessica Keener's debut novel, Night Swim, came out in January 2012 with Fiction Studio Books. Her fiction has been listed in the Pushcart Prize anthology under ‘Outstanding Writers'. Recent stories have appeared in Wilderness House Literary...
Causes Jessica Keener Supports
Green living, organizations that protect against animal cruelty, slow foods, Aplastic Anemia foundation