Jami Attenberg

Official Panelist

2024 Participant · Non-Fiction · Journalism

Jami Attenberg
Jami Attenberg

Jami has written about food, travel, books, relationships, and urban life for The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The Sunday Times (London), The Guardian, and others. She is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books of fiction, including The Middlesteins and All Grown Up, the memoir, I Came All This Way to Meet You, and most recently, the national bestselling writing guide 1000 Words. Her work has been published in sixteen languages. She is also the founder of the annual #1000WordsofSummer project, and maintains the popular Craft Talk newsletter year-round. She lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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  • 1000 Words

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