Sylvia Brownrigg

Sylvia Brownrigg is the author of seven acclaimed books of fiction: a book of stories and five novels, including The Delivery Room (winner of the Northern California Book Award) and the Pages for You series (winner of a Lambda award), as well as a middle-grade story Kepler’s Dream, under the name Juliet Bell (winner of a Mountain Prize and turned into an independent feature film). Brownrigg’s works have been included in the New York Times’ Notable Lists and Los Angeles Times books of the year, and translated into several languages. Her short stories have been read as part of NPR’s Collected Shorts, on BBC Radio 4, and published in journals including the art magazine frieze. Brownrigg has also taught creative writing and has been widely published as a reviewer and critic. Her pieces have appeared in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian (UK), and in journals including the Believer Magazine, the LA Review of Books, the New Statesman and Times Literary Supplement. Her new book, The Whole Staggering Mystery, forthcoming at Counterpoint Press in 2024, is an autobiographical story of family lost and found. She lives in Berkeley and continues to spend time in London.

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