Krouna Writing Workshop

I'm the fifth generation of her family to live in the house in Papingo that will be the home of the Krouna Writing Workshop. Since I was an English major at Middlebury College and visiting family during the summers, I dreamed of holding writing workshops in the courtyard where the views of the Astraka cliffs and the peaceful setting of the unique village could inspire writers. In July of 2018, I launched the inaugural Krouna Writing Workshop there.

 

My third novel, LAST DAYS IN PLAKA, set in that quarter of Athens, came out in April of 2024 and was a Good Morning America Buzz Pick. My novel about Antarctic explorers in 1910 and the woman who loves them both, TERRA NOVA, was called "ingenious" and "provocative" by the New York Times. My debut THE CLOVER HOUSE (Random House/Ballantine) was a Boston Globe best-seller and a Target Emerging Authors pick. My other work has appeared in publications including ELLE, Forge, Narrative Magazine, Salamander, New England Review, The Millions, The New York Times, and the Huffington Post, and has earned me a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artists Grant.

 

A Ph. D. in English, I taught at Harvard for ten years and then at GrubStreet in Boston, including the Novel Generator intensive program. I am the co-founder and Editorial Director of Galiot Press.

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For more about me, visit my website here.