Marie-Helene Bertino’s debut novel 2 A.M. AT THE CAT’S PAJAMAS, was a Barnes & Noble Fall ’14 Discover Great New Writers pick and an NPR Best Book of 2014, among others. Her collection of short stories SAFE AS HOUSES was the recipient of The Iowa Short Fiction Award (judged by Jim Shepard), named an Outstanding Collection by The Story Prize and long-listed for the Frank O’Connor International Story Prize. Awards include the O. Henry Prize (2016), a Pushcart Prize and Special Mention (2007, 2011), The Mississippi Review Story Prize (2007), and fellowships from The MacDowell Colony, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Hedgebrook Writers Colony, and NYC’s The Center for Fiction. She is an Editor-at-Large at Catapult.
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