Idra Novey in outdoor setting dressed in dark blue
Idra Novey, photo credit, Jesse Dittmar

Idra
Novey

Idra Novey is the award-winning author of the novels Ways to Disappear and Those Who Knew. Her work has been translated into a dozen languages and she’s written for The Atlantic, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. She teaches at Princeton University and in the MFA Program at New York University.

Idra Novey is the award-winning author of the novels Ways to Disappear and Those Who Knew. Her work has been translated into a dozen languages and she’s written for The Atlantic, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. She teaches at Princeton University and in the MFA Program at New York University.

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