Lydia Millet

A National Book Award finalist with "A Children's Bible" in 2020, Lydia Millet is making her ninth appearance at the book festival. Featured will be "Atavists," a collection of stories that was released last spring. "She Loved It All," a memoir, was published in 2024. A Tucsonan since 1999,  Millet is a writer and editor at the Center of Biological Diversity in Tucson.

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Awards: Guggenheim Fellow, PEN Literary Award, PEN-USA Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters short fiction award, Pulitzer Prize finalist, National Book Award finalist

Communities: Tucsonan

Wit and Wonder

The familiar becomes strange ... the ordinary reveals a hidden depth ...reality itself is slightly off-kilter. These three authors masterfully use surrealism and dark humor to defamiliarize everyday life, inviting readers into worlds that feel both recognizable and profoundly unsettling.

UA Campus Store Stage (Seats 250)  
Sat, Mar 14, 11:30 am - 12:25 pm
Fiction / Literature
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Lower Level (following presentation)  

Panelists: Lydia Millet, Ed Park, Joshua Wheeler
Moderator: Emily Walsh

Books:

Atavists

Stories
Fiction / Literature
W. W. Norton, Incorporated
March 2026
ISBN 9781324123552
240 pages
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We Loved It All

A Memory of Life
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
W. W. Norton, Incorporated
March 2025
ISBN 9781324105251
272 pages
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