Julia Elliott

Julia Elliott is the author of the story collection The Wilds , a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, and the novel The New and Improved Romie Futch (both from Tin House). Her work has appeared in The Georgia Review , Tin House , Conjunctions , and the New York Times . She has won a Rona Jaffe Writers' Award, and her stories have been anthologized in Best American Short Stories and Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses . She teaches English and Women's and Gender Studies at the...See more

Julia Elliott is the author of the story collection The Wilds , a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, and the novel The New and Improved Romie Futch (both from Tin House). Her work has appeared in The Georgia Review , Tin House , Conjunctions , and the New York Times . She has won a Rona Jaffe Writers' Award, and her stories have been anthologized in Best American Short Stories and Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses . She teaches English and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina and lives in Columbia with her husband, daughter, and five hens. See less