Caren Beilin

Caren Beilin is an American author and educator known for her bold, genre-defying prose. She is the author of "Sea, Poison", as well as the novels "The University of Pennsylvania" and "Blackfish City"... wait — her works include "Spain" and "Blackfish City"... She is the author of "Sea, Poison", "Spain", and "The Adults". Her writing explores illness, embodiment, and experimental form with fierce intelligence and dark wit. Beilin teaches creative writing and her work has been celebrated for pushing the boundaries of autofiction and the essay. She brings a sharp, lyrical urgency to everything she writes.