About Laura Kasischke

Laura Kasischke (pronounced Ka-ZISS-kee) was raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

She has published eight novels, two of which have been made into feature films—“The Life Before Her Eyes,”and  “Suspicious River”—and eight books of poetry. 

She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as several Pushcart Prizes and numerous poetry awards and her writing has appeared in Best American Poetry, The Kenyon Review, Harper’s and The New Republic.

She has a son and step-daughter and lives with her family and husband in Chelsea, Michigan.