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I am the author of the novels GOOD ON PAPER (Melville House 2016) and A HIGHLY UNLIKELY SCENARIO, OR A NEETSA PIZZA EMPLOYEE'S GUIDE TO SAVING THE WORLD (Melville House 2014).

I live in New York, city of my heart, in the writerly borough of Brooklyn, but have at various points made my home in most U.S. states between Virginia and Vermont. In addition to writing fiction, I freelance as a writer for nonprofits that work in developing countries. I’ve worked everywhere from Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe (most recently in Laos, Namibia, and Nigeria). I spent much of my adolescence in Rome, and as a young one, wandered the world--working on food festivals in Melbourne, Australia, and European jazz festivals in France; living in rural Gujarat while inter ...more

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Starred reviews from both Kirkus Reviews and Publishers' Weekly for Rachel Cantor's forthcoming novel Good on Paper (Jan. 26, 2016)!

Kirkus (STARRED REVIEW): "... Cantor clearly loves her characters, and she shows true mastery of their inner lives. Between endearingly wonky riffs about translation, she offers full access to Shira’s roller coaster of emotions, the collisions of her past and present, Read more of this blog post »

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	A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or a Neetsa Pizza Employee's Guide to Saving the World 2.84 avg rating — 849 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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	Flashed: Sudden Stories in Comics and Prose by Josh Neufeld (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sari Wilson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gina Frangello (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.74 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	One Story Collected: Stories from the 2014 Literary Debutantes by Molly Antopol, Rachel Cantor (Goodreads Author), Amelia Kahaney 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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