Rebecca Curtis is an American writer. She is the author of Twenty Grand and Other Tales of Love & Money (Harpercollins, 2007) and has been published in The New Yorker

The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...

, Harper's, McSweeney's

McSweeney's

McSweeney's is an American publishing house founded by editor Dave Eggers.Apart from its book list, McSweeney's is responsible for four regular publications: the quarterly literary journal,...

, NOON

Noon (magazine)

NOON is a literary annual founded in 2000 by American author Diane Williams. The 10th Anniversary Edition launched March 2009.NOON publishes fiction and occasional essays. A full table of contents, including back issues, is available on the NOON website...

, and other magazines.

Curtis received her bachelor’s degree from Pomona College

Pomona College

Pomona College is a private, residential, liberal arts college in Claremont, California. Founded in 1887 in Pomona, California by a group of Congregationalists, the college moved to Claremont in 1889 to the site of a hotel, retaining its name. The school enrolls 1,548 students.The founding member...

 in Claremont, CA. She also holds an MFA

Master of Fine Arts

A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...

 from Syracuse University

Syracuse University

Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...

 and a Masters of English from NYU. In 2005, she received a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers Award for emerging female writers.

Curtis is currently a Lecturer in Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

’s Writing Program and is a contributor to Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art

Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art

Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art is an American annual literary journal founded in 1977. It is entirely edited, designed, and produced by students. The journal is based at Columbia University in New York City. It publishes new fiction, essays and poetry each year. Work that appeared in...

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External links

• Interview on Gothamist
• Interview & a Short Story on Reader of Depressing Books
• Story at Muumuu House
  Muumuu House
  Muumuu House is an American publishing house founded in November 2008 by Tao Lin. It publishes writing online and in print. It has published work by Deb Olin Unferth, Ben Lerner, Rebecca Curtis, Noah Cicero, Matthew Rohrer, Michael Earl Craig, Ellen Kennedy, Brandon Scott Gorrell, Megan Boyle,...