Hilary Leichter

Hilary Leichter is the author of the novels Temporary and Terrace Story. She has been a finalist for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Prize, and her work in Harper's Magazine won the 2021 National Magazine Award in Fiction. Terrace Story has been named a best book of 2023 by Time Magazine, The New Yorker, The LA Times, Publishers Weekly, and other publications.

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Alumni and Faculty Books Named Among NPR's Best of 2020

Alumni and Faculty Books Named Among NPR's Best of 2020

NPR's Book Concierge recently released its list of best books of 2020, naming several titles by School of the Arts alumni and faculty among them.

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Book covers, left to right: 'Conjure Women' 'The Illness Lesson' 'Temporary'

Professor and Alumna Hilary Leichter '12 Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction's 2020 First Novel Prize

This week, the Center for Fiction announced that Adjunct Assistant Professor Hilary Leichter '19 has been shortlisted for the 2020 First Novel Prize for her novel, Temporary (Coffee House Press, 2020). 

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'Temporary,' Debut Novel by Alumna and Faculty Member Hilary Leichter Drops in March

Alumna and Adjunct Assistant Professor Hilary Leichter ’12 debuts her novel, Temporary, releasing on March 3 from Coffee House Press. 

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Hilary Leichter headshot; ‘Terrace Story’ cover

Professor Hilary Leichter ’12 to Release ‘Terrace Story’

Adjunct Assistant Professor and Writing alumna Hilary Leichter ’12 is set to launch her second book, Terrace Story (HarperCollins, 2023), a novel based on the National Magazine Award-winning story published in Harper’s in 2021.