Emma Copley Eisenberg

Instructor

Emma Copley Eisenberg is the author of the nationally bestselling debut novel Housemates (Hogarth 2024) as well as the narrative nonfiction book The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia (Hachette Books, 2020), which was named a New York Times Notable Book and was nominated for an Edgar Award, a Lambda Literary Award, and an Anthony Award, among other honors. Her fiction, essays, and criticism have appeared in Granta, Esquire, The New Republic, Time Magazine, Lux Magazine, McSweeney’s, VQR, American Short Fiction, and many other publications. Raised in New York City, she lives in Philadelphia, where she co-founded Blue Stoop, a community hub for the literary arts. Her short story collection, Fat Swim, is forthcoming from Hogarth in 2026.