About the Author

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Lara Prescott received her MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas. She was previously an animal protection advocate and a political campaign operative. Her stories have appeared in The Southern ReviewThe Hudson ReviewCrazyhorseDay One and Tin House Flash Fridays. She won the 2016 Crazyhorse Fiction Prize for the first chapter of The Secrets We Kept. She lives in Austin, Texas.​

Check out this interview with Lara Prescott and learn more about The Secrets We Kept.