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Author Bio
Birth—N/A
Where—Greensburg, PA, USA
Education—B.A., American University; M.F.A., University of Texas
Currently—lives in Austin, Texas

Lara Prescott was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and earned her B.A. in political science from American University in Washington, D.C. Before turning to writing, she worked as an animal protection advocate and a political campaign operative.

Eventually, Prescott returned to school, receiving her MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Austin. Her stories have appeared in The Southern Review, Hudson Review, Crazyhorse, Day One,and Tin House Flash Fridays.

In 2016, Prescott won the 2016 Crazyhorse Fiction Prize for the first chapter of her debut novel, The Secrets We Kept. She lives in Austin, Texas. (From the publisher.)