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Faith's short stories have appeared in The Indiana Review, Notre Dame Review, The Carolina Quarterly, Crab Orchard Review, and more. She's won awards and honorable mentions from The Moth International Short Story Prize, The Jabberwock Review, Glimmer Train, and Boulevard, in addition to fellowships from Writing By Writers, The Disquiet International Literary Prize, and The Martha's Vineyard Creative Writing Institute. She lives in Sacramento with her husband, sons, and animal friends. ...more

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	Cormorant Lake 3.36 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 2021 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asimov's Science Fiction, March/April 2024 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alexander Jablokov (Goodreads Author), Peter Wood (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 34 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow Lab, Volume Two by Brendan Deneen, Adam Godfrey (Goodreads Author), David Moody (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 9 by Allan Kaster (Goodreads Author), Ashok K. Banker, Deborah L. Davitt (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adoption and Surrogate Pregnancy by Faith Merino (Goodreads Author), Pamela Anne Quiroz (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finalist for Best Editor Hugo Voter Packet: Selected Stories from Asimov's Magazine by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Greg Egan (Contributor), Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Human Rights by Faith Merino (Goodreads Author), Brian E Klunk (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lake Cormorant by Blackstone Publishing by Faith Merino (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow Lab: A Blackstone Publishing Anthology (Shadow Lab Anthologies, 2) by Brendan Deneen (Editor), Gemma Amor (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Faith Merino (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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So Far Gone

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The Door

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Dear Committee Members

by Julie Schumacher

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