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A queer writer and Irish-American dual citizen, Francesca grew up in New York City and holds an M. Phil from Trinity College Dublin. Her publication credits include the Los Angeles Review of Books, The Point Magazine, Banshee, Columbia Journal, Guesthouse (forthcoming), and two anthologies: Dark Matter Presents: Human Monsters (Dark Matter Ink, 2022) and Teaching Nabokov’s Lolita in the #MeToo Era (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021). Her first novel, TROUBLE THE LIVING, is out now, wherever you buy your books. She lives in Brooklyn with her dog, Lyra.

Agent: Nicole Cunningham at The Book Group

Publicity: Crystal@BookSparksPR.com

Writing

 

Poetry

“On the Occasions When You Have Just Left” featured on Bansheelit.com

Fiction

Francesca’s short story “Eel Bait” won the Columbia Journal 2022 Spring Fiction contest. Read it here.

Essays

“How My Mother Came Out To Me” In an essay for National Coming Out Day, author Francesca McDonnell Capossela remembers when her mom told her about her first relationship.