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Abigail DeWitt

Abigail DeWitt
Abigail DeWitt is the author of three novels: Lili (WW Norton), Dogs (Lorimer Press), and News Of Our Loved Ones (due out from Harper in October, 2018). Her short fiction has appeared in Five Points, Witness, the Alaska Quarterly Review, the Carolina Quarterly, and elsewhere. She has been cited in Best American Short Stories, nominated for a Pushcart, and has received grants and fellowships from the North Carolina Arts Council, the Tyrone Guthrie Center, the McColl Center for the Arts, and the Michener Society.


When Writing Fiction Hurts the People You Love

Abigail DeWitt on Translating Real-Life Trauma Into Fiction
September 28, 2018  By Abigail DeWitt
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