Biography
Marisa Silver made her fictional debut in The New Yorker when she was featured in that magazines first “Debut Fiction” issue. Her collection of short stories, Babe in Paradise was published by W.W. Norton in 2001. That collection was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and was a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. A story from the collection was included in The Best American Short Stories 2000. In 2005, W.W. Norton published her novel, No Direction Home. Her latest novel, The God of War, will be published in April 2008 by Simon and Schuster. Her short fiction continues to be published in The New Yorker.