Megan Stielstra

MEGAN STIELSTRA is the author of The Wrong Way to Save Your Life , winner of the 2017 Book of the Year Award from the Chicago Review of Books , as well as Everyone Remain Calm and Once I Was Cool (both reissued by Northwestern University Press). Her work has appeared in The Best American Essays 2013 , the New York Times , The Believer , Poets & Writers , Longreads , Tin House , and elsewhere. A longtime company member with 2nd Story, she has told stories for National Public Radio, the Museum...See more

MEGAN STIELSTRA is the author of The Wrong Way to Save Your Life , winner of the 2017 Book of the Year Award from the Chicago Review of Books , as well as Everyone Remain Calm and Once I Was Cool (both reissued by Northwestern University Press). Her work has appeared in The Best American Essays 2013 , the New York Times , The Believer , Poets & Writers , Longreads , Tin House , and elsewhere. A longtime company member with 2nd Story, she has told stories for National Public Radio, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Goodman Theatre, and with The Paper Machete live news magazine at the Green Mill. She teaches creative nonfiction at Northwestern University and is a mentor editor with the OpEd Project supporting women's voices in public discourse. See less