Allegra Hyde

Allegra Hyde is the author of the story collections The Last Catastrophe and Of This New World; her debut novel, Eleutheria, was named a best book of the year by The New Yorker and shortlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Prize. Her fiction, nonfiction, and humor writing has appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, Harper’s, and BOMB, as well in as anthologies including The Best American Short Stories, The Best American Travel Writing, and Best of the Net. She is currently an assistant professor of English Language and Literature at Smith College.