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Laura van den Berg

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Orlando, FL, The United States

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Laura van den Berg's debut story collection, What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us, was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, a finalist for ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year award, longlisted for The Story Prize, and shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Award. Her second collection of stories, The Isle of Youth, is forthcoming from Farrar, Straus & Giroux in November 2013. A Florida native, she holds an MFA from Emerson College and is a recipient of the Pushcart Prize and scholarships from the Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers' Conferences. She lives in the Boston area.

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	What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There Will Be No More Good Nights Without Good Nights 4.59 of 5 stars 4.59 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Isle of Youth: Stories 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — expected publication 2013 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Non-Required Reading 2008 by Dave Eggers (Editor), Judy Blume, Rutu Modan (Contributor) 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 1,026 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brevity and Echo: An Anthology of Short Short Stories by Abigail Beckel (Editor), Kathleen Rooney (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chip Cheek (Contributor) 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2006	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monsters: A Collection of Literary Sightings by Brian Baldi (Editor), Austin Bunn, Bonnie Jo Campbell 4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monkeybicycle6 by Steven Seighman (Editor), Laura van den Berg (Goodreads Author), Curtis Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.52 of 5 stars 4.52 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Short Fiction Vol. 10 Issue 38 Summer 2007 by Stacey Swan (Editor), Desmond Hogan, Laura van den Berg (Goodreads Author) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Winds shake the leaves and for a moment I smell smoke. I concentrate on the scent, but it vanishes into the aroma of rain and tree bark, the way one life can collapse into another and different people can stir within the same body, like bats thrashing inside a secret hollow.”
― Laura van den Berg, What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us

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