MARIA ADELMANN
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ABOUT MARIA ADELMANN

​Maria Adelmann is the award-winning author of the story collection, GIRLS OF A CERTAIN AGE, and the novel, HOW TO BE EATEN, a Belletrist Book club Pick, a best book of the year by NPR, and a best book of the month by TIME Magazine, Glamour, and Bustle. She has written for Tin House, n+1, Electric Literature, McSweeney’s, and many others, and her work has been distinguished by The Best American Short Stories. Her newest book, THE ADJUNCT, is forthcoming from Scribner (Simon & Schuster).

She has an MFA in fiction from the University of Virginia and a BA in English and psychology from Cornell University. She has worked variously as a hotel reviewer, product tester, and copywriter, and once sailed around the world while teaching on Semester at Sea.


From arts to crafts to writing, she finds joy in experimentation and creation. She has lived variously in Charlottesville, Baltimore, and Copenhagen. You can follow her on Instagram or Twitter @ink176.

INTERVIEWS WITH MARIA
Hungry for more intimate details and embarrassing revelations? Here are some interviews:
  • Squaring Inherent Darkness & Femininity 
    interviewed by Gabriella Souza for The Adroit Journal, June 2021.
  • ​​​​The Creative World of the Project 
    interviewed by Colleen Hubbard for Fiction Writers Review, May 2021.
  • "How to Be Eaten" Complicated Conversations (podcast)
    interviewed by Pop Fiction Women, May 2022.
  • Powell's Books, in conversation with Steve Almond (video),
    ​hosted by Powell’s, Rediscovered Bookshop, and Elliott Bay Book Co, June 2022.

CONTACT

​Literary Agent
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Jenni Ferrari-Adler, 
Verve
[email protected]

Social Media
Find Maria on Instagram @ink176
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