Stephanie Soileau

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2026 Participant · Fiction · Southern

Stephanie  Soileau
Stephanie Soileau

Stephanie Soileau is the author of the critically acclaimed story collection Last One Out Shut Off the Lights. Her work has been supported by fellowships from the Wallace Stegner Fellowship Program at Stanford University and the National Endowment for the Arts. Originally from Lake Charles, Louisiana, Soileau now lives in Chicago with her family and teaches in the creative writing program at the University of Chicago.

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Book Title(s)

  • Should the Waters Take Us

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