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Jincy Willett

Jincy Willett
Jincy Willett is the author of Jenny and the Jaws of Life, Winner of the National Book Award, and The Writing Class, which have been translated and sold internationally. Her stories have been published in Cosmopolitan, McSweeney's Quarterly and other magazines. She frequently reviews for The New York Times Book Review. Her latest novel, , Amy Among the Serial Killers, is now available.


Whose Lives Can We Plunder? Or: How to Base a Character on Yourself

Jincy Willett on Writing From Life Without Betraying Anyone
August 23, 2022  By Jincy Willett
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