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Lena Valencia's fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in BOMB, Electric Literature, Ninth Letter, Epiphany, the anthology Tiny Nightmares, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a 2019 Elizabeth George Foundation grant and holds an MFA in fiction from The New School. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she is the managing editor and director of educational programming at One Story and the co-host of the reading series Ditmas Lit. Her debut short story collection, Mystery Lights, is forthcoming from Tin House Books in August 2024.
Mystery Lights Press
Interview with Jessie Ren Marshall, Brooklyn Rail, July '24
"Writers to Watch in Fall 2024" by Matt Seidel, Publishers Weekly, July '24
"The Most Anticipated Debut Books of 2024", Debutiful, June '24
Mystery Lights Review, by Amber Ruth Paulen, Full Stop Magazine, June '24
Mystery Lights Review, Publishers Weekly, June '24
Mystery Lights Review, Kirkus Reviews, May '24
B&N.com, "Manderley & More: Gothic & Unnerving Reads" by Isabelle McConville, May '24
Shelf Awareness, "Mystery Lights: Review" by Alice Martin, May '24
The LA Times, "20 Books You Need to Read this Summer" by Lorraine Berry, May '24
"Writers to Watch in Fall 2024" by Matt Seidel, Publishers Weekly, July '24
"The Most Anticipated Debut Books of 2024", Debutiful, June '24
Mystery Lights Review, by Amber Ruth Paulen, Full Stop Magazine, June '24
Mystery Lights Review, Publishers Weekly, June '24
Mystery Lights Review, Kirkus Reviews, May '24
B&N.com, "Manderley & More: Gothic & Unnerving Reads" by Isabelle McConville, May '24
Shelf Awareness, "Mystery Lights: Review" by Alice Martin, May '24
The LA Times, "20 Books You Need to Read this Summer" by Lorraine Berry, May '24