Lynn Steger Strong
Lynn Steger Strong is the author of the novels Hold Still, Want, and Flight. Her new novel, The Float Test, will be published in April 2025. Her non-fiction and criticism has appeared in The New York Times, Time, Los Angeles Times, Esquire, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. She also teaches writing at Princeton University.
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Adjunct Associate Professor and alum Lynn Steger Strong '14 is set to release her fourth novel, The Float Test, on April 8 of 2025 through HarperCollins. The book explores themes of family, ambition, secrets, and love against the backdrop of a sweltering Florida summer.
Flight by Professor and alumna Lynn Steger Strong '14 will be published by HarperCollins this November. The book is now available for pre-order.
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Want, a novel by Adjunct Assistant Professor Lynn Steger Strong ’14, headlined a Vulture review as “the summer book I couldn’t put down.”