Meg Wolitzer
Mar 7th - 20th

Meg Wolitzer is the author of many novels, including The Female Persuasion, The Interestings, The Ten-Year Nap, and The Wife. Wolitzer was the guest editor of The Best American Short Stories 2017, and has also published short fiction and essays, as well as books for young readers. She is a faculty member in the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton, where, along with novelist Susan Scarf Merrell, she co-founded and co-directs BookEnds, a one-year non-credit intensive in writing novels. Wolitzer is the host of the literary radio show and podcast Selected Shorts.

While in residence, Wolitzer will continue to work on a novel that looks at two generations within a family, and their differing relationships to a changing culture.