Nell Zink was born in 1964 in southern California and grew up in rural Virginia. She attended Stuart Hall School and the College of William and Mary, where she majored in philosophy. Rather late in life she got a doctorate in Media Studies from the University of Tübingen, Germany. She lives in Bad Belzig, south of Berlin. This is her first book.
ARTICLES FEATURING NELL
Where There is Smoke, There is Family
“Nicotine” is an overt satire of spoiled Americans, of a nation of cosseted forever-in-college kids who need not try....
What Are Novels For?: Privilege, Race, and Shelter in Nell Zink’s “Mislaid”
Zink delights in the possibilities of fiction and the pleasures of playing with words, one-liners, and genres....
How Should a Woman Behave?
Sarah Gerard reviews 'The Wallcreeper' and 'Helen Keller Really Lived'...
