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Thisbe Nissen

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Thisbe Nissen is a graduate of Oberlin College and The Iowa Writers' Workshop, and is a former James Michener Fellow. Out of the Girls' Room and Into the Night, her first published book, won the 1999 John Simmons Short Fiction Award. A native New Yorker, she now lives in Iowa.

Books by Thisbe Nissen

The Good People Of New York

A startlingly accomplished and enchanting novel with the savvy of Melissa Bank (A Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing) and the heart of Fannie Flagg.

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