About the Author

Deesha Philyaw’s debut short story collection, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the 2020/2021 Story Prize, and the 2020 LA Times Book Prize: The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies focuses on Black women, sex, and the Black church, and is being adapted for television by HBO Max with Tessa Thompson executive producing. Deesha is also a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow, a Baldwin for the Arts Fellow, and co-host of two podcasts, Ursa Short Fiction (with Dawnie Walton) and Reckon True Stories (with Kiese Laymon).

The Fractured Lit Anthology 2 brings together a collection of flash fiction stories that linger long after the last word. Judged by acclaimed author Deesha Philyaw, whose award-winning collection The Secret Lives of Church Ladies captivated readers and critics alike. This anthology showcases the winners of the 2022 Fractured Lit Anthology Prize.