Philosophically and formally adventurous, at once intimate and cosmic in scope, Helen of Nowhere asks: what must we give up in exchange for true happiness?
Makenna Goodman
Makenna Goodman is an American author, writer, and editor
Her first novel, The Shame, published in 2020, was named a Best Book of the Year (Harvard Review and The White Review).
She has written literary criticism, essays, interviews, and short fiction for international publications including New York Review of Books, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Harvard Review, The White Review, BOMB, The Common, ASTRA Magazine and Mousse Magazine. Also an editor, she is based in Vermont.
Her second novel, Helen of Nowhere, was longlisted for the Booker Prize 2026.
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