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ⓘ About Elizabeth McCracken
Elizabeth McCracken is an American born fiction writer best known for her novel Niagra Falls All Over Again. She schooled in Newton North High school and was awarded Bachelor in Arts, and Master’s degree in Arts from Boston University graduated from the University of Lowa with Masters in fine art. She lived in Cambridge in 2008 and 2009. She is married to Edward Carey with two children, a son, and a daughter. Elizabeth McCracken and her husband were earlier on the faculty of the Lowa writer’s workshop. She published her first stories, Thunder &other stories. Hungry one of McCracken’s short stories was long-listed for the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award in 2015 which is a very valued award in for short stories.
All Book Series by Elizabeth McCracken
An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2008
A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2025
A Sportsman's Notebook
Series opener · book 1 of 18 · published 1852 Anthology · Ivan Turgenev
The General Zapped an Angel
Book 2 of 18 · published 1970 Anthology · Howard Fast
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs
Book 3 of 18 · published 1981 Anthology · Tobias Wolff
The Essential Tales of Chekhov
Book 4 of 18 · published 1998 Anthology · Anton Chekhov
The Garden Party and Other Stories
Book 5 of 18 · published 2004 Anthology · Katherine Mansfield
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth
Book 8 of 18 · published 2009 Anthology · Kevin Wilson
We Are Taking Only What We Need
Book 12 of 18 · published 2018 Anthology · Stephanie Powell Watts
Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls
Book 13 of 18 · published 2018 Anthology · Alissa Nutting
Catastrophe and Other Stories
Book 14 of 18 · published 2018 Anthology · Dino Buzzati
Hue and Cry
Book 16 of 18 · published 2019 Anthology · Edward P. Jones,James McPherson
The Hurly Burly and Other Stories
Book 17 of 18 · published 2021 Anthology · Russell Banks,A.E. Coppard
Loss of Memory Is Only Temporary
Latest in the series · book 18 of 18 · published 2022 Anthology · Francine Prose,Johanna Kaplan
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Elizabeth McCracken?
Elizabeth McCracken is an American born fiction writer best known for her novel Niagra Falls All Over Again. She schooled in Newton North High school and was awarded Bachelor in Arts, and Master’s degree in Arts from Boston University graduated from the University of Lowa with Masters in fine art. She lived in Cambridge in 2008 and 2009.
Which Elizabeth McCracken series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Art of the Story series, the earliest of Elizabeth McCracken's multi-book series: it opens with A Sportsman's Notebook (1852) and runs to 18 books across 1852–2022, ending with Loss of Memory Is Only Temporary (2022).
How many books has Elizabeth McCracken written?
Elizabeth McCracken has 30 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1852 and 2025. 18 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Art of the Story series with 18 books — and 12 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Elizabeth McCracken's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Elizabeth McCracken's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Art of the Story (1852–2022, 18 books).
How are Elizabeth McCracken's books organised into series?
This guide splits Elizabeth McCracken's 30 books into 1 named series and 12 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Art of the Story (18 books, 1852–2022).