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Rachel Beanland

Rachel Beanland is the author of the novels, The House Is On Fire (Simon & Schuster, 2023) and Florence Adler Swims Forever (Simon & Schuster, 2020). A new novel, The Half Life, will be released by Simon & Schuster on July 14, 2026.


Beanland’s essays have appeared in Lit Hub, Business Insider, Creative Nonfiction, and Broad Street, among other places. 


Beanland attended the University of South Carolina and earned her MFA in creative writing from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has taught at the College of William & Mary, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the University of Richmond, where she was the 2023-24 Writer-in-Residence. She is currently the Donaldson Writer-in-Residence at William and Mary. Beanland lives in Richmond, Virginia with her family.

https://rachelbeanland.com

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