Hilary Leichter

Hilary performed on stage at Joe’s Pub in our March 2024 edition of Seriously Entertaining, speaking on the evening’s theme, “Off the Record.” She also performed for a SpeakTogether Student Matinee at Talent Unlimited High School on January 20, 2023, speaking on the theme, “Between the Lines.”

Hilary Leichter is the author of the novels Temporary and Terrace Story. She has been a finalist for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Prize, and her work in Harper’s Magazine won the 2021 National Magazine Award in Fiction. Terrace Story has been named a best book of 2023 by Time Magazine, The New Yorker, The LA Times, Publishers Weekly, and other publications. Hilary teaches at Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn, NY.