Jenn Shapland is a writer living in New Mexico. Her first book, "My Autobiography of Carson McCullers," is a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award and was longlisted for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence. Her essay "Finders, Keepers" won a 2017 Pushcart Prize, and she was awarded the 2019 Rabkin Foundation Award for art journalism. She has a Ph.D. in English from the University of Texas at Austin.
Her work has received support from the Georgia O'Keeffe fellowship, residencies at Ucross, Yaddo, the Carson McCullers Center for Artists and Musicians, Vermont Studio Center, the Tin House Writers Workshop and the Harry Ransom Center graduate internship.
Awards: Pushcart Prize, Winner of the Rabkin Foundation Prize 2019; Finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction 2020; longlist for the ALA Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence 2020