KGB Bar

Gary Shteyngart is the author of two novels, The Russian Debutante’s Handbook and Absurdistan.

At four, Tusia Dabrowska told everyone that her grandpa had a crocodile pet and a helicopter. Now, she’s writing a novel. She has performed with a band called the Ghosts, and as an alien in her 6th grade student’s film. She’s co-creating a performance piece based on her short story, Hilla’s Garden. Working on this bio made her realize that fiction is more fun.

Janet Edwards hails from Monroe (better known in Southern circles as “Funroe"), Louisiana, and holds her B.A. in English from Louisiana State University. Whatever her accent may lead you to believe, she does not, in fact, screw her cousins.

Craig Moreau is a native Iowan and a first-year poet at NYU. He has previously been editorial assistant at “The Iowa Review” and “Playgirl Magazine.” In 1997, his middle-school class voted him “Most-Likely to Succeed.”

Sara Schneider is a second-year MFA student at NYU. She’s 23 now, but she’s been writing fiction since she was eight, when she kept a fictional diary for an entire year. Now she’s working on two novels for young adults.

About the Series: NYU Emerging Writers Series

THE EMERGING WRITERS READING SERIES showcases the students of the NYU graduate Creative Writing Program, and feature established writers as special guests.