Wendi Kaufman

Wendi Kaufman was a Washington, D.C.-area writer whose short fiction appeared in The New Yorker and was widely anthologized. She taught creative writing to female juvenile offenders and was a frequent contributor to Washingtonian and The Washington Post. She died in August 2014, before her debut collection was published. Her only book, the story collection Helen on 86th Street and Other Stories, was published by Stillhouse Press in 2014. The press advanced the publication date after her death. She was a George Mason University MFA graduate.