Jan Ellison, author of the novel A Small Indiscretion (Random House, 2015), won an O. Henry Prize for her first published short story, and her second was short-listed for Best American Short Stories and the Pushcart Prize. She holds a BA from Stanford University and an MFA from San Francisco State University, and her story “Second First Night” won Second Place in Narrative’s Spring 2011 Story Contest. Ellison lives with her husband and children in Portola Valley, California.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Second First Night, a short story, in Fall 2011
- Doing His Laundry for the First Time, an istory, in Spring 2012
- The Hookup, an istory, in Fall 2012