Olivia Clare Friedman

Olivia Clare Friedman is the author of the novel Here Lies (Grove, 2022), the story collection Disasters in the First World (Grove, 2017), and the poetry collections An Arm Fixed to a Wing (Louisiana State University Press, 2025) and The 26-Hour Day (New Issues, 2015). Raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she is an associate professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at the University of Southern Mississippi.