Hillary Behrman is an award-winning writer who has received support from the Jack Straw Writers Program, the Willa Cather Foundation, Vashon Artist Residency, and Bread Loaf Writers Conference. Her debut short story collection, Lake Effect, was selected by Lauren Groff to win the 2024 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction. It features stories that are set across the globe and exist at the intersection of social isolation and fierce intimacies and call into question the limits of our well-intentioned efforts to care for each other. It is available for pre-order from Sarabande Books and will be published on May 12, 2026.
Debutiful is honored to reveal Lake Effect‘s cover, designed by Emily Mahon, along with a Q&A with Behrman about its creation.
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