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  • Katia Lief

    Part-time Associate Teaching Professor

    Email
    spiegelk@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    A - 66 West 12th Street

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    Katia Lief

    Profile

    Katia Lief is the author of internationally bestselling crime novels including Five Days in Summer, One Cold Night and Here She Lies (NAL/Penguin). The fourth installment of her Karin Schaeffer series, The Money Kill (HarperCollins), was nominated for a Mary Higgins Clark award. Her short story “The Orchid Grower” was nominated for a Derringer Award. Most recently she published A Map of the Dark and Last Night (Mulholland/Little, Brown; pseudonymously as Karen Ellis). Invisible Woman (Grove Atlantic) publishes in early 2024.  Along with crime fiction, Katia has also published literary novels including Soul Cather and Peculiar Politics (Marion Boyars) and the novella The Beautiful Years (Kindle Single).  Her work has been called “riveting” (Publishers Weekly), “compelling” (Booklist) and “gorgeous, rich, contemplative” (Jodi Picoult).  For a complete list of publications, please visit katialief.com.

    Degrees Held

    M.F.A., The City College of New York
    B.A. Sarah Lawrence College
    A.A. Simon's Rock Early College

    Professional Affiliation

    The Authors Guild
    PEN
    Mystery Writers of America
    International Thriller Writers

     

    Recent Publications

    Invisible Woman, Grove Atlantic, 2024
    Last Night, Mullholland Books/Little, Brown, 2019 (pseudonymously as Karen Ellis)
    A Map of the Dark, Mullholland Books/Little, Brown, 2018 (pseudonymously as Karen Ellis)
    The Money Kill, HarperCollins, 2013
    Vanishing Girls, HarperCollins, 2012
    Next Time You See Me, HarperCollins, 2011
    You Are Next, HarperCollins, 2011
     

    Portfolio

    Creative Writing Facuity

    Future Courses

    Fiction Writing
    NWRW 3303, Fall 2024

    Past Courses

    Fiction Writing
    NWRW 3303, Fall 2023

    Riggio Honors Program: Thesis
    NWRW 4950, Fall 2023

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