Lisa Halliday

Lisa Halliday is an American writer who received a Whiting Award for Fiction. Her work has appeared in Granta, The Paris Review, and The New York Review of Books. Her first novel, Asymmetry, has been published in twenty languages and was named one of the Top Ten Books of the Year by The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, and many other publications. Asymmetry was also one of President Obama’s favorite books of the year and was shortlisted for several prizes including a National Book Critics Circle Award and the Prix du Premier Roman. Lisa grew up in Massachusetts and now lives in Milan, Italy, with her husband and daughter. Since 2023, she has served as Literary Executor of The Estate of Louise Glück.