Nell Zink

Nell Zink is the author of six acclaimed novels including her debut, The Wallcreeper , described by the Sunday Times as a 'a slim, strange masterpiece', the National Book Award-longlisted Mislaid , a New York Times Book of the Year Doxology, and, most recently, Avalon . She has been praised by Jonathan Franzen as 'a writer of extraordinary talent and range'. She had previously worked as a secretary, with stints in masonry, technical writing, and translating. Her other writing has appeared in n...See more

Nell Zink is the author of six acclaimed novels including her debut, The Wallcreeper , described by the Sunday Times as a 'a slim, strange masterpiece', the National Book Award-longlisted Mislaid , a New York Times Book of the Year Doxology, and, most recently, Avalon . She has been praised by Jonathan Franzen as 'a writer of extraordinary talent and range'. She had previously worked as a secretary, with stints in masonry, technical writing, and translating. Her other writing has appeared in n+1 , Granta , and Harper's Magazine. She lives in Berlin. See less