Karen Russell graduated from Columbia University's MFA program in 2006. Her stories have been featured in
The Best American Short Stories,
Conjunctions,
Granta,
The New Yorker,
Oxford American, and
Zoetrope. Her first book of short stories,
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, was published in September 2006. In November 2009, she was named a National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" honoree. In June 2010, she was named a
New Yorker "20 Under 40" honoree. Her first novel,
Swamplandia!, was p…
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