Lee Conell is the author of a novel, The Party Upstairs, which received the Wallant Award, and a story collection, Subcortical, which received the Story Prize's spotlight award. She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Millay Arts, the U.S.-Japan Creative Artist Program, and the Tennessee Arts Commission. Her stories and essays have appeared in ZYZZYVA, Kenyon Review, Oxford American, Alaska Quarterly Review, and Paris Review Daily.