Crane, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Crane is the author of three story collections, “When the Messenger is Hot,” “All This Heavenly Glory” (both Little, Brown) and “You Must Be This Happy To Enter” (Punk Planet).

Her work has also been featured in Washington Square, New York Stories, Sycamore Review, Book, Florida Review, Eclipse, Bridge, Sonora Review, the Chicago Reader, Sleepwalk, the Believer, McSweeney’s Future Dictionary of America, The Banana King, and All Hands On: The 2ndhand Reader.

She received the Chicago Public Library 21st Century Award, granted by the Chicago Public Library Foundation, in October 2003. A New York City native, she now lives in Chicago with her husband and teaches writing at Northwestern’s School of Continuing Studies and the University of Chicago.

Visit her online at www.elizabethcrane.com.