Jessica Keener
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Jessica Keener

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Jessica Keener's latest novel, Strangers in Budapest, was an Indie Next pick, chosen as a "best new novel" by Entertainment Weekly, Real Simple, Chicago Magazine, and landed on the Southern Independent bestseller list as well as the #2 spot in Jewish Historical Fiction (Amazon). Her debut novel, Night Swim, was a national bestseller and rose to #9 on Amazon's bestseller list. Her collection of stories, Women In Bed, was chosen as one of ten winter reads by Shape Magazine; and one of 12 best fall reads by Bettyconfidential.com editors. National Book Circle Critics award winner, Edith Pearlman called Keener "a master of immediacy." Her fiction has been recognized in The Pushcart Prize under "Outstanding Writers," and won Redbook magazine's second prize. Keener is the recipient of a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist's Grant, a Wesleyan creative writing scholarship, and a fellowship in fiction by the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. She was a finalist in Breadloaf's Bakeless novel competition. Her feature articles (more than 100) have appeared in The Boston Globe; O, The Oprah Magazine, WBUR's Cognoscenti, Coastal Living, Design New England, Writer's Digest, and the award-winning anthology, Alone Together, Love, Grief, and Comfort in the time of Covid-19. https://www.amazon.com/author/jessicakeener
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