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Edit or delete it, then start writing! ## Pages - [Home](https://lisagornickauthor.com/) - “A wealth of keen insight and just the right touch of delightful humor.”—Sigrid Nunez“Glorious, hilarious...One of the most original creations I’ve seen.” —Gary Shteyngart“An exquisitely written love letter to what it means to be a grown-up woman.” —Helen Simonson“Deeply perceptive, surprisingly funny, and smart as hell.” —Angie Kim“A powerful story of a woman coming into - [Writings](https://lisagornickauthor.com/writings/) - SHORT FICTION ConiugarePlentitudes, Spring 2026 PityPost Road, April 2015 Priest PondPrairie Schooner, September 2013 EleanorThe Thomas Wolfe Review, 2011 ESSAYS Book Review: Clinical FictionsJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 74/1 (March, 2026) Why I Write: The Warp and WeftJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 73/5 (October, 2025) Seeing the World Through My Mother’s EyesNext Avenue, October - [Events](https://lisagornickauthor.com/events/) - Events & AppearancesWednesday, February 4, 2026: 1:15pmMemoir and the ImaginationConversation with Vivian GornickDeWitt Institute, Cornell University Medical CenterSaturday, March 8, 2025: 11 amWomen and LiteratureConversation with Amy Bloom, author of White Houses, and Anne Adelman, Editor JAPA Review of BooksCommittee on Women and Psychoanalysis, IPAinfoOctober 26-27, 2024Southern Festival of BooksConversation with Tessa Fontaine, author of - [Contact](https://lisagornickauthor.com/contact/) - CONTACTLiterary AgentStacy TestaWriters House120 Broadway, 22nd FloorNew York, NY 10271212-685-2400stesta@WritersHouse.comPublicityMakala Marseemarketing@turnerpublishing.comMovie/TV AdaptationsProducer Josh Berman (Osprey Productions)joshberman100@gmail.comAuthorLisa Gornicklkgornick@gmail.com - [Ana Turns](https://lisagornickauthor.com/ana-turns/) - Book Club Kit Amazon Barnes & Noble Bookshop Audible Audiobook Ana Turns The new novel by the acclaimed author of Louisa Meets Bear and The Peacock FeastIn Development with Osprey ProductionsFeatured in Buzz Books 2023 Great Reads NPR: “Move over senior center–these five books center seniors”Bookshop.org Notable New ReleaseCovey Club’s 10 Must Have Books - [About](https://lisagornickauthor.com/about/) - Lisa Gornick has been hailed by NPR as “one of the most perceptive, compassionate writers of fiction in America…immensely talented and brave.” In addition to Ana Turns, she is the author of four previous novels—most recently The Peacock Feast and Louisa Meets Bear, both published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Her stories and essays have - [Media](https://lisagornickauthor.com/media/) - MEDIAInterviews & PodcastsWriters on WritingInterview with Marrie StonelistenConversation with Alice McDermottBook PassagewatchOn the RecordInterview with Sheila KastlistenThe Weekly Reader, WYPRReview of Ana Turns by Marion WiniklistenInterview about Ana Turns with Susan CollPolitics and Prose BookstorewatchAuthors Love Bookstores Lisa Gornick and Book CultureA Mighty Blaze You Tube ChannelwatchKeen OInterview with Andrew KeenLit Hub You Tube ChannelwatchNPR Weekend - [Louisa Meets Bear](https://lisagornickauthor.com/louisa-meets-bear/) - Read An Excerpt Reading Guide Amazon Barnes & Noble Bookshop Louisa Meets Bear Chosen as a Fresh Pick by Oprah.com “Extraordinary…When you reach the final page, you’ll be sad to leave Gornick’s universe behind.” —Entertainment Weekly, ‘A’ “Brilliantly constructed…” —Publishers Weekly, ★ starred review “Profound brilliance…” —Booklist, ★ starred review When Louisa and Bear meet - [The Peacock Feast](https://lisagornickauthor.com/the-peacock-feast/) - Reading Guide Amazon Barnes & Noble Bookshop Audio Book The Peacock Feast Proclaimed by critics as a “glorious chronicle”, “a perfect novel”,and “a masterpiece”The Top Ten of 2019—NJ.comAudioFile, Earphones Award Winner“The Best New Books Coming Out Winter 2019″—Southern Living“Notable New Releases, Feb. 2019″—Publishers Lunch“7 Best-Reviewed Books in Feb. 2019“—Washington Independent Review of Books From “one - [Tinderbox](https://lisagornickauthor.com/tinderbox/) - Read An Excerpt Reading Guide Amazon Barnes & Noble Tinderbox “This vivid portrait of a family unraveling is perfect for book clubs.”—People, (★★★★ four out of four stars)“Tinderbox will certainly be compared to Jonathan Franzen’s acclaimed The Corrections. And it should be, since Gornick creates a world of characters every bit as complex and flawed—and - [A Private Sorcery](https://lisagornickauthor.com/a-private-sorcery/) - Reading Guide Amazon Barnes & Noble A Private Socery Literary Guild Selection Edgar Awards Best First Novel Nominee Main Selection of The First Mystery Club Pages Magazine Promising Debut Saul Dubinsky, a sensitive, shy psychiatrist, was living a dual life. Following the attempted suicide of one of his patients, the dedicated young doctor turned to - [Sample Page](https://lisagornickauthor.com/sample-page/) - This is an example page. It's different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will show up in your site navigation (in most themes). Most people start with an About page that introduces them to potential site visitors. It might say something like this: Hi there! I'm a bike messenger ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://lisagornickauthor.com/category/uncategorized/)