Fiction News & Events

Meiselman: The Lean Years, a novel by alumnus Avner Landes '10, was released last week by Tortoise Books.

Columbia College alumna Danielle Evans '04 was recently named one of four finalists for the 2021 Joyce Carol Oates Prize, presented by The Simpson Literary Project, in a private ceremony.

Justine, a debut illustrated novel by alumna Forsyth Harmon '13 ('01 CC) was released by Tin House on March 2, 2021. The novel is available for purchase here.

Soon After First Light is a series where we talk craft, process, and pandemic with Columbia's accomplished writing professors.

Boom! Studios recently announced that Eve, a new five-issue original comic book series by Associate Professor and alumnus Victor LaValle '98 and artist Jo Mi-Gyeong, will be released in May of 2021. 

The Body Scout, a debut novel by alumnus and adjunct faculty member Lincoln Michel '09, will be released by Orbit Books on September 21, 2021. Read the first chapter of this near-future dystopian tale here. 

Something New Under the Sun, the second novel by alumna Alexandra Kleeman '12, will be published by Hogarth Press and released on August 3, 2021. 

Here, we talk with Associate Professor and Fiction Concentration Head Victor LaValle about his forthcoming novel Lone Women, how Zoom has changed the classroom dynamic, and how routine can be more important than talent. 

HarperCollins India recently announced that their prestigious Fourth Estate Imprint would be publishing a debut novel by alumna Naheed Phiroze Patel '16.

Soon After First Light is a series where we talk craft, process, and pandemic with Columbia's accomplished writing professors.

Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch, a novel by Assistant Professor Rivka Galchen, will be released by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux on June 8, 2021.

Wild Pets, a debut novel by alumna Amber Medland '15, will be released on July 1, 2021 by Faber & Faber.