Hilary Leichter, Fiction Writer

Hilary Leichter is the author of the novels Temporary and Terrace Story. She has been a finalist for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Prize. Her writing in Harper's Magazine won the 2021 National Magazine Award in Fiction, and her work has appeared in The New Yorker, n+1, The New York Times, Conjunctions, and elsewhere. Terrace Story was named a best book of 2023 by Time Magazine, The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly, and other publications. She teaches at Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn.

The Poets & Writers Series is sponsored by the Temple University MFA Program in Creative Writing, with the assistance of the Department of English and the Richard Moyer Fund. Each year a number of poets and fiction writers are invited to read from and discuss their work to members of both the Temple community and the local Philadelphia arts scene. All events are free and open to the public.