Author Elizabeth Sanders is shown here with her grandmother retired City Councilwoman Jackie Clarkson at the Faulkner Society’s annual fundraiser, Juleps in June.
About The Author
Elizabeth Sanders, who lives in New York, is a New Orleans native. The Last Light, her first novel, a runner-up in the Faulkner-Wisdom competition in 2013, is an October, 2015 release from Chin Music Press. Her short fiction has appeared in The Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies, The International Feminist Journal of Politics, and Portal Press’ anthology Something in the Water. She has a B.A. in English and creative writing from Fordham University and an M.F.A. in fiction from The New School. She has received grant-funded residencies from The Vermont Studio Center and CAMAC, Centre d’Art, Marnay, France. Currently, she is working on a novel about women in combat.
About Her Novel
Set in New Orleans and Vacherie, LA, this assured novel uses a story about the Cajun tradition of bonfire building, sibling rivalry, and a misguided search for redemption to explore the fragility of human relationships. A strong engaging voice, well-developed characters, and a well-paced plot transform the story of a man’s need to build the best bonfire ever into a rich and poignant story about love and loss.