Robin Hemley
Co-Founder, Authors at Large
Robin Hemley is the author of fifteen works of fiction and nonfiction, including the recently-released autofiction, Oblivion, An After Autobiography, praised by Kirkus Reviews as “The best kind of shaggy dog story, delightful in every particular.” He is the recipient of fellowships from The Guggenheim Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the recipient of three Pushcart Prizes in fiction and nonfiction. He is the Co-Founder of Authors At Large with Xu Xi, prior Director of the Nonfiction Writing Program at The University of Iowa and Founder of the international nonfiction conference, NonfictioNOW. He is currently Director of the George Polk School of Communications at Long Island University, Co-Director of the MFA Program in Writing and Publishing, and Parsons Family Chair in Creative Writing.