Maria Adelmann

Maria Adelmann is the award-winning author of the story collection Girls of a Certain Age and the novels How to Be Eaten, an NPR book of the year and Belletrist book club pick, and THE ADJUNCT. She has written for The New York Times, Tin House, n+1, Electric Literature, McSweeney’s, and many others, and her work has been distinguished by The Best American Short Stories. Adelmann has worked variously as a hotel reviewer, product tester, and copywriter, and once sailed around the world while teaching on Semester at Sea. She has lived in Baltimore and Copenhagen and now resides in Philadelphia.