Monica Ferrell

Born in New Delhi, India, MONICA FERRELL grew up in northern New Jersey. A graduate of Harvard, she holds an MFA in poetry from Columbia University. The recipient of various fellowships and residencies, Ferrell is the winner of the "Discovery" / The Nation prize. Her first poetry book, Beasts for the Chase (2008), was selected by Jane Hirshfield as the winner of the Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry and her novel The Answer Is Always Yes (2008) was named one of Booklist's Top Ten Debut Novels...See more

Born in New Delhi, India, MONICA FERRELL grew up in northern New Jersey. A graduate of Harvard, she holds an MFA in poetry from Columbia University. The recipient of various fellowships and residencies, Ferrell is the winner of the "Discovery" / The Nation prize. Her first poetry book, Beasts for the Chase (2008), was selected by Jane Hirshfield as the winner of the Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry and her novel The Answer Is Always Yes (2008) was named one of Booklist's Top Ten Debut Novels of 2008. Currently she is associate professor at Purchase College (SUNY). See less