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Alexis Schaitkin



Alexis Schaitkin’s short stories and essays have appeared in Ecotone, Southwest Review, The Southern Review, The New York Times, and elsewhere. Her fiction has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. She received her MFA in fiction from the University of Virginia, where she was a Henry Hoyns Fellow. She lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts, with her husband and son. Saint X is her debut novel.
 

Genres: Science Fiction, Mystery
 
Novels
   Saint X (2020)
   Elsewhere (2022)
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Anthologies containing stories by Alexis Schaitkin
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The Best American Short Stories 2019 (2019)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Anthony Doerr
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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013 (2013)
(Best American Nonrequired Reading)
edited by
Dave Eggers

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