News & Media
Lauren Acampora is selected as a 2024 Celia & Wally Gilbert Artist-in-Residency recipient at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
List of “9 Novels of Art and Seduction” at Literary Hub
Ploughshares reviews The Hundred Waters
Talking with Sam Hankin of Wellington Square Bookshop on the Avid Reader Show
WBUR recommends The Hundred Waters as one of its 5 books to cozy up with this fall
The Hundred Waters is named one of Vogue’s best books of the year!
Playlist for The Hundred Waters in Largehearted Boy
10 Questions with Lauren Acampora in Poets & Writers
Promotional essay tied to book launch, “I Really Didn’t Want to Write This Promotional Essay Tied to My Book Launch” in Literary Hub
Read an excerpt of The Hundred Waters in Literary Hub
Shelf Awareness gives The Hundred Waters a starred review!
The Hundred Waters is featured in the The New York Times Fall Book Preview!
Vogue calls The Hundred Waters “a thrilling drama” in its August issue!
The Hundred Waters is one of Bustle’s Best Books of August 2022!
The Millions names The Hundred Waters one of its most-anticipated books of 2022!
The Hundred Waters receives starred reviews from Library Journal and Booklist!
The Hundred Waters is one of Literary Hub’s Best Books of the Summer
Lauren Acampora is named a 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Fiction from The New York Foundation for the Arts
The Paper Wasp is longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize
The Paper Wasp is one of Tatler’s Best Books of the Summer
Interview about The Paper Wasp on The Avid Reader show
Interview about The Paper Wasp with Leslie Lindsay
Interview about The Paper Wasp with Deborah Kalb
Excerpt of The Paper Wasp in Literary Hub
The Paper Wasp playlist on Largehearted Boy
How to overcome self-doubt in writing, in Poets & Writers Magazine Writers Recommend series
The Paper Wasp is one of O Magazine’s Best Books by Women of Summer 2019!
“What, to the Writer, Are Dreams?” essay in Literary Hub
A recommended reading list for “darkly captivating narrators in fiction” appears in Electric Literature
The Paper Wasp is one of USA TODAY’S 5 can’t-miss books
An excerpt from The Paper Wasp featured in Guernica
Town & Country magazine includes The Paper Wasp on its list of Must-Read Summer Books
The Paper Wasp is one of the BBC’s 10 Books to read in June
The New York Times Book Review lists The Paper Wasp as a Best Summer Read
ELLE magazine includes The Paper Wasp on its list of Best Books to Read This Summer
The Paper Wasp is on Thrillist’s list of books they can’t wait to read this summer
Connecticut Magazine features The Paper Wasp
Library Journal gives The Paper Wasp a starred review: “Deeply disturbing, wildly inventive, and completely unpredictable...Abby and Elise will be haunting readers' dreams long after the last page.”
The Paper Wasp is named a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Big Summer Book
Publishers Weekly calls The Paper Wasp “an unsettling and surreal excavation of the boundless depths of the human psyche…a piercing, disquieting novel.”
The Paper Wasp receives a starred review from Kirkus Reviews
Library Journal calls The Paper Wasp “penny-bright, heartfelt, and compulsively readable” in its list of Best Debuts of Winter/Spring 2019
Short story, “The Elephant God,” will appear in the spring issue of New England Review
Literary Hub names The Paper Wasp one of its most anticipated books of 2019
The Paper Wasp will be published in the UK in June 2019 by Riverrun/Quercus Books
The New York Times recommends The Wonder Garden as a linked story collection to read before bed
The Wonder Garden is on the longlist for the 2015 Story Prize
The Wonder Garden is the winner of the 2016 GLCA New Writers Award for Fiction
The Wonder Garden is named of one of NPR's Best Books of the Year
Interview about The Wonder Garden with Rochester City Newspaper
Interview about The Wonder Garden with Rochester, NY's Democrat & Chronicle
Talking about The Wonder Garden on Connections with Evan Dawson on WXXI (Rochester, NY radio)
The Wonder Garden is named one of Amazon's Best Books of 2015, and one of the Best Debuts of the Year
The Wonder Garden has been named a Great Group Read by the Women's National Book Association for National Reading Group Month
"Clair de Lune," personal essay on NER Digital
Interview about The Wonder Garden with Bedford Magazine
Q&A about The Wonder Garden with Deborah Kalb
The Wonder Garden is a finalist for the New England Book Awards
The Wonder Garden is one of Amazon Editors' Top 20 Books of the Year So Far
Interview about The Wonder Garden with Leslie Lindsay
Lauren talks with Nicole Nelson on the Writers on Writing radio program: 88.9FM in Irvine, kuci.org. Live show, June 10, 12:30pm EST.
Pia Lindstrom interviews Lauren on SiriusXM, June 7
Discussion about The Wonder Garden on The Avid Reader on WCHE
A conversation between Lauren Acampora and Lily King, author of Euphoria, in the Barnes & Noble Review
"The Umbrella Bird," a short story excerpted from The Wonder Garden, is now on Literary Hub.
See Lauren's playlist for The Wonder Garden on Largehearted Boy
Interview with Darien News
The Wonder Garden is one of BBC's 10 Books to Read in May
The Wonder Garden has been chosen as Amazon's Debut of the Month
The Wonder Garden is an Indie Next selection for May
Q&A on "things other than writing" with Kara Lee Corthron
Short story, "Penny Saver," now available as a Kindle Single
The Wonder Garden is a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection for Summer 2015
Short story, "Penny Saver," appears in Day One, February 18, 2015
Lauren attends The Winter Institute (American Booksellers Association), Asheville, North Carolina, February 8-10, 2015
Essay about Véra Nabokov (illustrated by Thomas Doyle) included in The Who, the What, and the When: 65 Artists Illustrate the Secret Sidekicks of History (Chronicle Books)
Short story, "Felt Life," published in Prairie Schooner. Wins the 2013 Lawrence Foundation Award. An excerpt of the story can be found here
Short story, "Swarm," published in The Missouri Review. An excerpt can be found here
"The Third Skin," an essay about artist/architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser appears in New England Review Online
Interview for the Writer, with Kids series on Cari Luna's blog
Short story, "Waterfast," published in The Antioch Review- available for download here
Events
UPCOMING
Purchase, NY: Saturday, September 30, 1:00-5:00pm, Manhattanville College MFA Fall Fiction Festival, Manhattanville College, Center for Design Thinking, 2900 Purchase St.
PAST
2023
Katonah, NY: Thursday, April 13, 6:00pm, “What’s Your Muse? Writers in Conversation,” with Carolyn Ferrell, Sana Krasikov, Maya Shanbhag Lang, and Ann Leary, Katonah Village Library, 26 Bedford Rd.
Somerville, MA: Tuesday, March 21, 7:00pm, Earfull Music & Reading Series, with author/director John Sayles, The Burren, 247 Elm St.
Pleasantville, NY: Thursday, March 2, 7:30, The Village Bookstore/Mt. Pleasant Library Book Club
Fairfield, CT: Wednesday, February 22, 6:30pm, Fairfield Public Library, Memorial Room, 1080 Old Post Rd.
Old Greenwich, CT: Wednesday, January 25, 12:00pm, Perrot Memorial Library, 90 Sound Beach Ave.
Sleepy Hollow, NY: Sunday, January 22, 4:00pm, Hudson Valley Writers Center, with David Means, 300 Riverside Dr.
2022
Newburgh, NY: Wednesday, November 2, 7:00pm, Nightcap Reading Series, with novelist Bethany Ball - Mama Roux, 95 Broadway
New York, NY: Friday, October 7, 6:00pm, in conversation with Michael Cunningham, Rizzoli Bookstore, 1133 Broadway (between E. 25th & E. 26th St.)
Sleepy Hollow, NY: Thursday, September 22, 6:30pm, Hudson Valley Writers Center Gala, with poet Arthur Sze
Ridgefield, CT: Tuesday, September 20, 7:00pm, reading and talk, Ridgefield Library, 472 Main St.
Katonah, NY: Friday, September 16, 6:00pm, reading and talk, Katonah Village Library, 26 Bedford Rd.
Darien, CT: Thursday, September 15, 6:30, Book Club event, Barrett Books, 6 Corbin Drive
Mystic, CT: Thursday, August 25, 6:00pm, reading and talk, Bank Square Books, 53 West Main St.
2020
Montclair, NJ: Saturday, March 28, 10:15am, Montclair Literary Festival, Dark Matters: Outsider Female Narrators with Mona Awad (Bunny) and Laura Sims (Looker), Montclair Public Library, 50 S. Fullerton Ave.
Southport, CT: Tuesday, January 21, 7:00pm, Pequot Library, 720 Pequot Ave.
2019
Sleepy Hollow, NY: Friday, December 13, 7:00pm, Hudson Valley Writers’ Center reading with Sandra Newman, 300 Riverside Dr.
Miami, FL: Sunday, November 24, 2:00pm, Miami Book Fair, Three Novels: A Reading, with Candice Carty-Williams and Karen Dukess, 300 NE 2nd Ave, Room 8201
Ridgefield, CT: Wednesday, November 6, 7:00pm, Ridgefield Library, 472 Main St.
Providence, RI: Monday, October 21, 5:30pm - Brown University, joint reading with poet Jennifer Franklin, Maddock Alumni Center
Brattleboro, VT: Sunday, October 20, 1:00 - Brattleboro Literary Festival, joint reading with Mona Awad, 118 Elliot St.
Boston, MA: Saturday, October 19, 2:00pm - Boston Book Festival, “Reading Like a Writer: Setting,” with Jennifer Acker, Pablo Medina, and Michelle Hoover
Greenwich, CT: Sunday, September 22, 3:00-5:00pm - Brown Club of Fairfield County, Author talk with Wendy Walker ‘89. Bush-Holley House, 47 Strickland Rd, Cos Cob
Darien, CT: Wednesday, September 18, 7:00pm - Barrett Bookstore, 6 Corbin Dr.
Watertown, MA: Tuesday, September 17,7:00pm - Earfull Music & Reading Series, The Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St.
New Canaan, CT: Wednesday, September 11, 6:30pm - New Canaan Library, 151 Main St.
Brooklyn, NY: Saturday, September 7, 4:30pm - Slice Literary Conference, St. Francis College, 180 Remsen St.
Portland, OR: Monday, August 26, 7:30pm - Powell’s Books, in conversation with Cari Luna, 1005 W. Burnside
Rochester, NY: Saturday, August 3, 7:00pm - Writers & Books, 740 University Ave.
East Sandwich, MA (Cape Cod): Thursday, July 11, 6:30pm - Titcomb’s Bookshop, with Caroline Kepnes (author of PROVIDENCE), 0045 432, MA-6A
Baltimore, MD: Thursday, June 27, 7:30pm - Greedy Reads bookstore, in conversation with Kate Reed Petty, 1744 Aliceanna Street
Newton, MA: Tuesday, June 25, 7:00pm - Newtonville Books, with Mona Awad (author of BUNNY), 10 Langley Rd.
Katonah, NY: Friday, June 21, 6:00pm - Katonah Village Library, 26 Bedford Rd.
New York, NY: Wednesday, June 12, 7:00pm - Book launch for The Paper Wasp, in conversation with Susan Choi - McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince Street
Sleepy Hollow, NY: May 18, 1:00-3:00pm - Sleepy Hollow Lit Fest, Hudson Valley Writers’ Center
Cambridge, MA: April 4 - New England Independent Booksellers Association, All About the Books and ABA Spring Forum
2017
Greenwich, CT: October 1, 2:00pm, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Avenue
Katonah, NY: October, 1, 5:00pm, Katonah Library, 26 Bedford Road
Granville, OH: Monday, January 30, 8:00pm, Beck Series reading with Shulem Deen - Barney-Davis Hall, Board Room, Denison University, 200 West Loop
Holland, MI: Thursday, February 2, 7:00pm, Visiting Writers Series reading with Natalie Scenters-Zapico - Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts, John and Dede Howard Recital Hall, Hope College, 221 Columbia Avenue
Albion, MI: Thursday, March 16, Albion College
Kalamazoo, MI: Tuesday, May 2, Kalamazoo College
2016
Sleepy Hollow, NY: Sunday, December 11, 4:30pm, reading & talk Hudson Valley Writers' Center, 300 Riverside Drive
Ridgefield, CT: Saturday, November 12 (rain date November 13), 6:00pm, Virginia Overton: Bonfire, a night of storytelling, live music and artmaking, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Merrick, NY: Wednesday, November 2, 3:00pm, reading & talk, Merrick Library, 2279 Merrick Avenue
College Park, MD: Wednesday, October 26, 7:00pm, reading with poet Ocean Vuong, Ulrich Recital Hall, University of Maryland
Ridgefield, CT: Saturday, October 1, 7:00-10:00pm, Love Your Library Day Author Showcase at Ridgefield Library, 472 Main Street
Rochester, NY: Friday, June 10, 7:00pm - "8 Authors Celebrating 35 Years", Cabaret Hall at Lyric Theater, 440 East Avenue
Andover, CT: Thursday, July 14, Connecticut Author Trail - reading & talk, Andover Library, 355 Route 6
Yonkers, NY: Sunday, March 13, 2pm: Arts in the Afternoon, Panel Discussion: artist Thomas Doyle, author Lauren Acampora, psychoanalyst Chaim Bromberg, Father John Hamilton, and Rabbi David Kalb discuss the anxiety we experience from epic to subtle disasters. Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Avenue
Redding, CT: Thursday, March 10, 7:30pm: Reading & Talk. Mark Twain Library, 439 Redding Road
New York, NY: Tuesday, March 8, 7pm: Pen Parentis Literary Salon, Great New Writers: Lauren Acampora, Rumaan Alam, and Helen Phillips. Andaz Wall Street Hotel, 75 Wall Street
Ridgefield, CT: Thursday, March 3, 7pm: Author talk, Ridgefield Library, 472 Main Street
New York, NY: Thursday, February 11, 6:30-8:30pm: Vica Miller Literary Salon, Short Fiction Salon with Sara Lippmann, Shelly Oria, and Rebecca Schiff. Susan Eley Fine Art, 46 West 90th Street, 2nd Floor
2015
Stamford, CT: Sunday, December 6, 2:00-3:30pm: "Fiction for a Sunday Afternoon: Suburban Life and Leaning In" with Lauren Acampora and Elisabeth Egan (author of A Window Opens), Ferguson Library, 1 Library Plaza
Ridgefield, CT: Saturday, November 28, 11am-1pm: Indies First / Small Business Saturday - Authors as Booksellers at Books on the Common, 404 Main Street
Rochester, NY: November 19 - November 21, Debut Author Series, Writers & Books, 740 University Ave. [11/19, Reading at Nazareth College; Publishing Forum w/Lauren Acampora; 11/20, Reading & Reception; 11/21, Master Class]
Brookline, MA: Tuesday, October 27, 7pm: Women's National Book Association Author Panel Event, in celebration of National Reading Group Month, Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St.
Boston, MA: Saturday, October 24: Boston Book Festival, Copley Square
Nashville, TN: October 10: Southern Festival of Books, War Memorial Plaza - Women's National Book Association presents Coffee with Authors: Lauren Acampora, Lauren Groff, Ron Rash, Hester Young: Saturday, October 10, 9:30-11:00 am, Auditorium, Nashville Public Library - Behind Ivied Walls and Well-Kept Houses: Stories of Disquiet in the Northeast: Lauren Acampora, Holly LeCraw: Saturday, October 10, 3:30-4:30 pm, Commons Room, Nashville Public Library
New Canaan, CT: Saturday, September 26, 12:00-2:30pm: In-store signing at Elm Street Books, 35 Elm St.
Brooklyn, NY: September 11, 8pm: The Finest Hour Reading & Music Series, 33 Flatbush Ave. (Ft. Greene)
Bethesda, MD: Sunday, July 19, 2pm: The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh St., Joint event with Emily Mitchell, author of Viral
Wilton, CT: Tuesday, July 14, 7pm: Wilton Library, 137 Old Ridgefield Rd.
New York, NY: Wednesday, July 1, 6pm: New York Public Library, Outdoor Reading Room (on the plaza of Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on 5th Ave. at 42nd St.)
Concord, MA: Thursday, June 4, 7pm: Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Joint event with Heidi Pitlor, author of The Daylight Marriage
Harwich Port, MA: Thursday, June 4, 8:30am: 11th Annual "A Day of Words, Wit & Wisdom" in support of WE CAN, Wychmere Beach Club, with Paula McClain and Chris Bohjalian.
New York, NY: Thursday, May 28, 2:30pm: Book Expo America, Javits Center, Book signing at Grove Atlantic booth #939A
New York, NY: Tuesday, May 19, 7pm: Barnes & Noble, 2289 Broadway, Discover Great New Writers joint event with Lily King, author of Euphoria
Darien, CT: Wednesday, May 13, 7pm, Darien Library, “First Look: Meet the Author,” 1441 Post Rd.
Katonah, NY: Thursday, May 7, 7pm, Katonah Village Library Author Series, 26 Bedford Rd.