Alison Smith‘s writing has appeared in McSweeney’s, Granta, The London Telegraph, The New York Times, The Believer, Glamour, Best American Erotica, and other publications. She is the author of one book, a memoir titled Name All the Animals, and has been awarded the Barnes & Noble Discover Award, the Judy Grahn Prize for Nonfiction and a Lambda Literary Award.
She teaches in the MFA writing program at Goddard College and lives in Brooklyn, NY.