Iris N. Schwartz

Iris N. Schwartz is the author of more than sixty works of fiction. Her flash fictions have been published or are forthcoming in dozens of publications, including Anti-Heroin Chic, Jellyfish Review, Connotation Press, Unbroken Journal, Gravel, and Blink-Ink. Her debut story collection, My Secret Life with Chris Noth, was published in 2017 by Poets Wear Prada. (Two of the stories garnered Pushcart Prize nominations.) Shame: And Other Stories was published in 2019, includes the Best Microfiction-2018-nominated story "Dogs," and was shortlisted on North of Oxford's summer 2019 recommended reading list. Ms. Schwartz has also written erotica, most notably the story “Hedonics,” anthologized in Stirring Up a Storm: Tales of the Sensual, the Sexual, and the Erotic (Running Press). Awakened, a collection of her poems with those of Madeline Artenberg, was published by Rogue Scholars Press. She is currently working on a novel comprised of flash chapters. Ms. Schwartz lives in New York City with actor David B. McConeghey.