A woman with medium-length brown hair, wearing a black top and a gold necklace, sits indoors in front of a window with white curtains, softly smiling at the camera.

Victoria Redel

Victoria Redel is a first-generation American author of four books of poetry and six books of fiction, most recently the novel I Am You (2025, Zando/SJPLit)  Victoria’s work has been widely anthologized, awarded, and translated. Her debut novel, Loverboy (2001) was adapted for feature film directed by Kevin Bacon. Redel’s short stories, poetry and essays have appeared in Granta, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Bomb, One Story, Salmagundi, O and NOON among many others. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts and the Fine Arts Work Center. Victoria is a professor in the graduate and undergraduate Creative Writing programs at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York and Utah.