Elizabeth McCracken

Elizabeth McCracken is the author of the ALA Notable story collection Here's Your Hat What's Your Hurry. She has received grants from the Michener Foundation, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and the National Endowment for the Arts, and, in 1996, was named one of the 20 Best Young American Novelists by Granta magazine. The Giant's House was a finalist for the National Book Award in fiction. She lives in Massachusetts, where, until recently, she was a full-time librarian. She is now at work on her second novel.