Lynne Sharon Schwartz

Lynne Sharon Schwartz, a native of Brooklyn, New York, has published nineteen books of fiction, nonfiction, essays, poetry and translation, including the novels Rough Strife (nominated for a National Book Award), Balancing Acts, Disturbances in the Field, and In the Family Way. Her reviews and criticism have appeared in many leading magazines and newspapers. She is the recipient of grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Foundation for the Arts, and she has taught in many writing programs here and abroad.