Susan Lohafer

Susan Lohafer is a writer and scholar of the short story, with degrees from Harvard, Stanford, and NYU. She taught at the University of Iowa and works on short fiction theory. She has published books with Aubade Publishing, including the historical novel The Reluctant Patriot (2020) and the story collection The Belle of Sleepy Hollow and Other Untold Stories in Classic American Tales (2024). Her shorter work includes an essay noted in The Best American Essays 2012 and stories in The Southern Review and The Antioch Review. She also paints, and now lives in Tennessee.