Brad KesslerBrad Kessler is a critically acclaimed novelist whose work has been translated into several
languages. He won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize in Fiction for his novel Birds in Fall (2006), A
Rome Prize from the American Academy of Artsand Letters, as well as a Whiting Writer's
Award.

He is an educator and farmer and author of the literary non-fiction Goat Song: A Seasonal Life,
A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese. His other books include: North, a
novel (2021) a finalist for 2022 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in fiction and the 2022 Vermont
Book Award; Lick Creek (2001), a novel, and The Woodcutter's Christmas (2001). He is the
editor and co-creator of Deep North: Stories of Somali Resettlement in Vermont (2023). His
work has appeared in many publications including the New York Times Magazine, The Kenyon
Review, The New Yorker, and Lit Hub. He's received a National Endowment for the Arts
Fellowship and the Lange-Taylor Prize from Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies.

He teaches creative writing at the MFA program at Antioch University, Los Angeles, and has
lectured at, among other places, Northwestern University, Smith College, the New School
University, and the Kenyan Writer's Workshop. He is a graduate of the Harvard Program in
Refugee Trauma and runs a small goat dairy in Southwestern Vermont alongside the
photographer and activist, Dona Ann McAdams. Read More Read Less