Bio

Jonathan Corcoran is the author of two books: the memoir, No Son of Mine (University Press of Kentucky), which received starred reviews in Kirkus and Foreword and was named as one of the best books of 2024 by Book Riot; and the story collection, The Rope Swing (WVU Press), which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards and long-listed for The Story Prize. His essays and stories have been published and anthologized widely, including in Belt Magazine, Salvation South, Still: The Journal, Best Gay Stories, and the Oxford University Press textbook, How Writing Works. He received a BA in Literary Arts from Brown University and an MFA in Fiction Writing from Rutgers University-Newark. Jonathan teaches writing at New York University. He was born and raised in a small town in West Virginia and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. Learn more at jonathancorcoranwrites.com.