Alyson Hagy was raised on a farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She is the author of six books including the novel “Snow, Ashes” (Graywolf Press, 2007) and the story collection “Ghosts of Wyoming” (Graywolf Press, 2010).
The Boston Globe observed that “Ghosts of Wyoming” is filled with “sharp-eyed tender stories” that are “vibrant tales of disappearance, murder, bad weather, loneliness, generosity, betrayal, and, yes, ghosts.”
Her work has been published in a number of journals and magazines, including Ploughshares, Shenandoah, Virginia Quarterly Review and the New York Times Magazine.
Her fiction has also been recorded for National Public Radio.
Hagy has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Christopher Isherwood Foundation. Her short stories have been awarded a Nelson Algren Prize, a Pushcart Prize, and been included in the Best American Short Stories series.
Hagy currently lives in Laramie, Wyoming and teaches at the University of Wyoming.
