Janice Eidus

Janice Eidus, is an American writer living in New York City. Her novels include The War of the Rosens, The Last Jewish Virgin and Urban Bliss. She has twice won the O.Henry Prize for Fiction, as well as a Pushcart Prize. Other awards include the Redbook Short Fiction Contest,[1] The Acker Award for Achievement,[2] an Independent Book Award, and The Firecracker Award given by the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses.

Eidus has taught at such universities as Morningside College,[3] Carlow University,[4] the University of New Orleans,[5] and The New School and at numerous writers' conferences, including The Writers Workshop of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Sanibel Island Writers Conference,[6] and the Chautauqua Writers Conference.

Eidus's fiction and nonfiction appeared in such anthologies as How Does That Make You Feel: True Confessions From Both Sides of the Therapy Couch, The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories, 110 Stories: New York Writes After September 11, Common Boundary: An Anthology About Immigration and International Adoption, Dirt: Writers on the Quirks, Habits, and Passions of Keeping House and Desire: Women Write About Wanting. Her essays often appear in Purpleclover.com.