Nell Freudenberger was born in New York in 1975 and currently lives with her husband in Manhattan. Her collection of stories, Lucky Girls, and her novel, The Dissident, are published by Ecco Press in the US and by Picador in the UK. She has won the PEN/Malamud Award for Short Fiction and a Whiting Writers' Award. She first appeared in Granta with 'The Tutor' in Granta 82. The story 'Where East Meets West' is meant for her grandmother, Martha Clapp Freudenberger, who died in 2005 at the age of ninety-seven and was a Latin teacher, as well as a passionate collector of silverware and passport stamps.

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Caroline Clark
May 6 02:43

Nell Freudenberger is one of my favorite authors, and is ranked in my mind among Munro, Patchett, and Alexie--when I first read "The Tutor" a few years ago, my breath was taken away by its beauty. I have read many more short stories since "The Tutor" by various authors, and yet it still remained in my mind, bright and fresh. I was scared to re-read it after a couple of years because I didn't want my memory to be disappointed. But last night I read it, and I was not disappointed. In fact, I loved it even more. I look forward to reading more works by Freudenberger, and I think she has a lot of potential.