Alyssa Pelish

Alyssa Pelish lives and works in New York. Her writing has been recognized by The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Essays, while her story collection House, Tree was a finalist for the 2021 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction and her collection about con artists, Confidence, is seeking a publisher. Other stories and essays of hers have appeared in the Paris Review, Harper’s, Slate, Conjunctions, Cabinet, New England Review, the Baffler, Fence, North American Review, Literary Hub, and the Granta blog. (Updated 10/2026)