About Jenn Shapland
Born 1987. Jenn Shapland is an American writer.
Jenn Shapland is an American writer and archivist. Her essay "Finders, Keepers" won a Pushcart Prize in 2017, and her memoir, My Autobiography of Carson McCullers, won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir in 2021.
Personal life Shapland lives in New Mexico. She received her PhD in English from the University of Texas at Austin. as well as an archivist for a visual artist. Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir/Biography winner (2021) Christian Gauss Award (2021)
Thin Skin (2023) Thin Skin is a book of essays, published by Penguin Random House in 2023.
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