Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum

Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum is the author of two collections of short fiction, This Life She’s Chosen and Swimming With Strangers. Her work has previously appeared journals such as One Story, The American Scholar, and Willow Springs, and has twice been distinguished by The Best American Short Stories anthology. She is the recipient of a PEN/O. Henry Prize, as well as fellowships from the Sewanee Writers Conference and the MacDowell Colony. Lunstrum is a current Seattle Jack Straw WritersProgram fellow. She works as an English and creative writing teacher at a small, private high school outside Seattle, Washington.