Wonder Garden (Acompora) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—ca. 1975-76
• Raised—suburban Connecticut, USA
• Education—B.A., Brown University; M.F.A., Brooklyn College
• Currently—lives in Westchester County, New York


Raised in Connecticut, Lauren Acampora graduated from Brown University. After college she headed to New York City where she worked at The Copoer Union and eventually as an editorial assistant at Little, Brown and Company publishers. She went on to earn her Masters in Fiction Writing in 2004 from the City University of New York, Brooklyn College.

Her debut collection of linked stories, The Wonder Garden, was published in 2015 and named "Spotlight of the Month," as well as an "Indie Next" selection.

Acampora's short fiction has also appeared in publications such as the Paris Review, Missouri Review, Prairie Schooner, New England Review, Antioch Review, and Day One.

Acampora and her husband, artist Thomas Doyle, moved to the New York suburbs of Westchester County with their young daughter. (Adapted from the publisher.)