Chelsea Bieker

Chelsea Bieker is the author of the debut novel Godshot which was longlisted for The Center For Fiction’s First Novel Prize, and named a Barnes and Noble Pick of the Month. Her story collection, Heartbroke won the California Book Award and was a New York Times “Best California Book of 2022” and an NPR Best Book of the Year. Her writing has appeared in The Paris Review, Granta, The Cut, Wall Street Journal, McSweeney’s, Los Angeles Review of Books, and others. She is the recipient of a Rona Jaffe Writers’ Award, as well as residencies from MacDowell and Tin House Books. Raised in Hawai’i and California, she now lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and two children. Her newest novel, Madwoman, will be published by Little, Brown and Oneworld in September 2024.