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Anton DiSclafani

Anton DiSclafani

Alumni Writer-in-Residence

Associate Professor

Director of Undergraduate Studies

English

Anton DiSclafani

Contact Me

abd0025@auburn.edu

8066 Haley Center

Personal Website

Office Hours

 By Appointment

Education

MFA, Washington University in St. Louis

BA, Emory University

About Me

Anton DiSclafani’s first novel, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, was a New York Times bestseller, an Indie Next pick and bestseller, and a finalist for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize. YRC was named a most anticipated book of the summer by The Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly, and was a summer book pick by USA Today and National Public Radio. It was named a book of the year by Slate, and has since been translated into twelve languages. Her nonfiction has appeared in Southbound, Rhapsody, and Biographile. She also wrote and performed a segment for This American Life. Her newest novel, The After Party is about obsession and love in free-wheeling 1950's Houston (Penguin/Riverhead).

DiSclafani received her BA from Emory University, and her MFA from Washington University in St. Louis, where she was previously a writer-in-residence. Now an associate professor at Auburn University, DiSclafani lives in Auburn with her husband and son.

Research Interests

creative writing