Allegra Hyde

Allegra Hyde is an American writer. She is originally from Peterborough, New Hampshire. She teaches creative writing at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She has also taught at Oberlin College and Warren Wilson College.

Early life and education Born in Peterborough, New Hampshire, Hyde graduated from ConVal Regional High School. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Williams College and Master of Fine Arts from Arizona State University. She received a Fulbright Grant to teach in English in Bulgaria.

Career During graduate school, she published a series of short stories titled Of This New World. The collection received a positive review in The Gazette. Hyde published her debut novel, Eleutheria, in 2022. The New Yorker named Eleutheria a best book of 2022 and it also received a positive review in the Los Angeles Times. It was also shortlisted for the First Novelist Award and featured on Late Night with Seth Meyers. Much of Hyde's work falls into the category of climate fiction.

Publications

Books Eleutheria (2022)

Short fiction

Non-fiction