Visiting Writers: Memoirist Lacy Crawford

Lacy Crawford, author of Notes on a Silencing, speaks about her work with  George Mason University professor and Mason MFA alum Kerry Folan as part of the Creative Writing Program's Spring Visiting Writer Series.

Lacy Crawford is the author of fiction and nonfiction, most recently the memoir Notes On A Silencing (Little, Brown, 2020), which was a New York Times Editors’ Choice and Notable Book, was named one of People Magazine’s top ten books of 2020, and was called a best book of the year by Time, NPR, Library Journal, BookPage, and other outlets. Her satirical novel Early Decision appeared with William Morrow in 2013. Other writing has appeared in outlets including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Narrative, and Vanity Fair. She holds degrees in English Literature from Princeton and the University of Chicago. Lacy lives in California with her family.