Sheila Kohler
Sheila Kohler is the author of eleven novels, three collections of short stories, and a memoir, Once We Were Sisters. Kohler has been awarded the O. Henry twice, two of her stories have been included in Best American Short Stories, and her story “Miss Martin” was in Best American Mystery Stories 2020. Her work has been translated and published widely abroad. She has taught creative writing at Columbia University, Sarah Lawrence, the City College of New York, and Princeton since 2007. She was a fellow at the New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers in 2003-2004 and a visiting writer at the American Academy of Rome in 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2022. Her novel, Cracks, has been filmed with Jordan Scott as director, Ridley Scott as executive producer, and Eva Green playing Miss G; and is being republished this January with Open Road.