Mary Gaitskill

Author · 31 books

Mary Gaitskill is an American author of essays, short stories and novels. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Esquire, The Best American Short Stories (1993 and 2006), and The O. Henry Prize Stories (1998). She married writer Peter Trachtenberg in 2001. As of 2005, she lived in New York City; Gaitskill has previously lived in Toronto, San Francisco, and Marin County, CA, as well as attending the University of Michigan where she earned her B.A. and won a Hopwood Award. Gaitskill has recounted (in her essay "Revelation") becoming a born-again Christian at age 21 but lapsing after six months.

Series

Open City Magazine

Series · 25 books

Series

Books

Secretary

On Not Being a Victim

Something Better Than This

Mirrorball

The Devil's Treasure

Oppositions

The Devil's Treasure

Bear Witness

This Is Pleasure

Isso é prazer

Acceptance Journey

Somebody with a Little Hammer

Best American Erotica, Volume 12, The

The Little Boy

The Mare

Today I'm Yours

Lost Cat

The Devil's Treasure

The Other Place

Don't Cry

Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006

Veronica

Open City #7

A Dream of Men

Open City #5

Because They Wanted To

Tasting Life Twice

Open City #1

Two Girls, Fat and Thin

Secretary

Bad Behavior

Series

Books

Secretary

On Not Being a Victim

Something Better Than This

Mirrorball

The Devil's Treasure

Oppositions

The Devil's Treasure

Bear Witness

This Is Pleasure

Isso é prazer

Acceptance Journey

Somebody with a Little Hammer

Best American Erotica, Volume 12, The

The Little Boy

The Mare

Today I'm Yours

Lost Cat

The Devil's Treasure

The Other Place

Don't Cry

Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006

Veronica

Open City #7

A Dream of Men

Open City #5

Because They Wanted To

Tasting Life Twice

Open City #1

Two Girls, Fat and Thin

Secretary

Bad Behavior