JacquelYn Stolos
Photo by Andrew Mueth
ABOUT ME
I’m the author of Edendale, which was a literary finalist in the 2020 Forward INDIES Book of the Year Awards, and Asterwood, forthcoming from Delacorte Press in December 2025. Edendale is for adult readers and Asterwood is for a middle grade audience and up. My short stories and book reviews have been published in magazines like Joyland, No Tokens, Necessary Fiction and more. I’ve received some career-changing institutional support over the years from organizations such as the New York State Summer Writers Institute, the Community of Writers, and Tin House.
I got my bachelors in English from Georgetown University and my MFA in fiction from New York University. I co-founded LA’s literary reading series Something Something with Annabel Graham.
“I think the world would be a better place if more adults read children’s literature.”
My art tends to spring from my love of nature, my advocacy for a more sustainable, equitable economic system, and my curiosity about the human spirit. I think the world would be a better place if more adults read children’s literature.
When I’m not writing, I like to spend time in nature. I’m an avid backpacker and a backwoods camper, I love to sail and kayak, and I don’t think there’s any feeling in the world as good as diving into a breaking wave. I’m a native New Englander and a former Californian, currently living in and exploring the beautiful green state of Ohio, where I teach creative writing at Oberlin College. My daughter and my husband are my adventure partners. They, plus our little cat, are my whole heart.
I’ve loved making up stories since I was a kid playing pretend in the woods behind my house in Derry, New Hampshire. I still can’t believe that my job is to use my imagination all day long. What luck!
Photo by Andrew Mueth