Emma Copley Eisenberg

Instructor

Emma Copley Eisenberg is the author of the novel Housemates, which was a national bestseller, named a best book of the year by The Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, People, NBC, Electric Literature, Them.Us, and Autostraddle, and won the Dorothy Allison / Felice Picano Emerging Writer Award from the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival. Her narrative nonfiction book, The Third Rainbow Girl, was a New York Times Notable Book and Editor’s Choice as well as a finalist 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, Lux, The Washington Post Magazine, VQR, and many other publications. 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.