Maile Chapman

Maile Chapman is an American novelist and short story writer.
Chapman was born in Tacoma, Washington, and has a BA from the Evergreen State College and an MFA in Fiction from Syracuse University. She is currently a PhD candidate and Schaeffer Fellow in Fiction at the University of [Nevada, Las Vegas]. Her first novel Your presence is requested at Suvanto was published by Graywolf Press in 2010 and was short-listed for the Guardian [First Book Award]. Her stories have appeared in A [Public Space], Literary Review, the Mississippi Review, and Post Road.