Jessica Handler
Author · 4 books
Jessica Handler is the author of the novel, "The Magnetic Girl," an Indie Next pick for April 2019 and a SIBA "Okra Pick." The Wall Street Journal called "The Magnetic Girl" one of the ten books to read in Spring, 2019, and Kirkus awarded the book a starred review. She is also the author of the craft guide," Braving the Fire: A Guide to Writing About Grief," and the memoir, "Invisible Sisters," named one of the "Twenty Five Books All Georgians Should Read" and Atlanta magazine's "Best Memoir of 2009." Her nonfiction has appeared widely, including on NPR, in Tin House, Drunken Boat, Brevity, Newsweek, The Washington Post, and More Magazine. Honors include residencies at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences, a 2010 Emerging Writer Fellowship from The Writers Center in Bethesda, Maryland, the 2009 Peter Taylor Nonfiction Fellowship at the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, and special mention for a 2008 Pushcart Prize. She teaches workshops in creative writing and memoir. Jessica holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte (N.C.) and a B.S. in Communication from Emerson College in Boston. She used to work in television, but did not not push the broom behind the elephant. Usually, she served as mahout - driving the (allegorical) elephant - if he was a member of SAG or AFTRA. Rock stars do not scare her.
