Anton DiSclafani
Alumni Writer-in-Residence
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
English
Office Hours
By Appointment
Education
MFA, Washington University in St. Louis
BA, Emory University
About Me
Anton DiSclafani’s first novel, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, was a New York Times bestseller, an Indie Next pick and bestseller, and a finalist for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize. YRC was named a most anticipated book of the summer by The Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly, and was a summer book pick by USA Today and National Public Radio. It was named a book of the year by Slate, and has since been translated into twelve languages. Her nonfiction has appeared in Southbound, Rhapsody, and Biographile. She also wrote and performed a segment for This American Life. Her newest novel, The After Party is about obsession and love in free-wheeling 1950's Houston (Penguin/Riverhead).
DiSclafani received her BA from Emory University, and her MFA from Washington University in St. Louis, where she was previously a writer-in-residence. Now an associate professor at Auburn University, DiSclafani lives in Auburn with her husband and son.
Research Interests
creative writing