BRYN GREENWOOD is a fourth-generation Kansan, and the daughter of a mostly reformed drug dealer. She earned a MA in Creative Writing from Kansas State University and continues to work in academia as an administrator. Her short fiction has appeared in Chiron Review, Karamu, The Battered Suitcase, and Menda City Review.
She is the author of the novels All the Ugly and Wonderful Things, Last Will, and Lie Lay Lain. She lives in Lawrence, Kansas.
She is the author of the novels All the Ugly and Wonderful Things, Last Will, and Lie Lay Lain. She lives in Lawrence, Kansas.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Novels
Last Will (2012)
Lie Lay Lain (2014)
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things (2016)
The Reckless Oath We Made (2019)
Lie Lay Lain (2014)
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things (2016)
The Reckless Oath We Made (2019)
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