Current Location
Boston, MA
Author's Website
Occupation(s)
Writer
Biography

L. Annette Binder was born in Germany and grew up in Colorado. She lives in New England with her family.

The Vanishing Sky is her first novel, inspired by her family's experiences in World War II Germany. Her collection of stories, Rise, received the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Literature. Her fiction has appeared in the Pushcart Prize Anthology, the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, One Story, American Short Fiction, The Southern Review, Third Coast Review, Fairy Tale Review, and others. 

Awards/Honors
For Rise: Colorado Book Awards Finalist
For Rise: A Fiction Writers Review Book of the Week
For Rise: Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, 2011
For Rise: A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week
For Rise: Winner of the ForeWord Firsts Summer 2012 Competition for Debut Fiction
For The Vanishing Sky: An Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Notable Book of 2020
For The Vanishing Sky: A Barnes & Noble Book Everyone's Talking About
For The Vanishing Sky: A Country and Town Home Pick
For The Vanishing Sky: An Indie Next Pick
For The Vanishing Sky: A Joan's Pick at Whitcoulls
For The Vanishing Sky: A New York Times Book Review Summer Reading Selection
For The Vanishing Sky: A NH Public Radio Summer Reading Pick
For The Vanishing Sky: A New York Post Best Book of the Week
For The Vanishing Sky: A Parade Magazine Historical Fiction Pick
For The Vanishing Sky: A Travel+Leisure Pick
Education/Training
A.B., Harvard University
M.A., UC Berkeley
J.D., Harvard Law School
MFA, UC Irvine
graduate of Mitchell High School, Colorado Springs
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