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National Book Foundation > Science + Literature Author > Rachel Pastan
Rachel Pastan is the author of four novels, most recently In The Field. Her previous novel, Alena, was named an Editors’ Choice in the New York Times Book Review. More about this author >
Rachel Pastan is the author of four novels, most recently In the Field. Her previous novel, Alena, was named an Editors’ Choice in the New York Times Book Review. The daughter of a molecular geneticist and a poet, she has worked as editor-at-large at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, and taught fiction writing at the Bennington Writing Seminars, Swarthmore College, and elsewhere.