THE SWAN DIVE SERIES
"As soon as I put down Michelle Brafman’s Swimming with Ghosts, I wanted to find out what happened next, particularly to Kristy Weinstein, whose compulsions had coaxed her across pretty much every uncrossable line. But the companion novel, Draw Near to Me, delivers so much more than an update on the unwise and unwell characters Brafman has made us care about. It shows how grace is a choice that can begin to heal even the deepest betrayals."—Melinda Henneberger, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist
Turner Publishing / Keylight Books
BIO
ABOUT MICHELLE
Michelle is a writer and teacher. Her debut novel, Washing the Dead, was included in Book Riot’s list of 100 must-read books about women and religion. Her second book, Bertrand Court,
features stories that have won numerous awards including a Special Mention in the Pushcart Prize Anthology. She’s since been working on The Swan Dive Series, featuring her third novel
Swimming with Ghosts and its forthcoming companion Draw Near to Me!
Michelle's essays have appeared in Oprah Daily, O Quarterly, Slate, LitHub, The Forward, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Tablet, and elsewhere. She’s also had the chance to interview some of her literary heroes like Ann Lamott and T.C. Boyle.
She’s taught fiction writing at the George Washington University and the Johns Hopkins MA in Writing program, her alma mater. In 2004, she founded what is now the Glen Echo Workshops where she leads monthly multi-genre workshops and teaches summer college essay writing
classes.
