Haley Tanner

Tanner's first novel, Vaclav & Lena, was published by Random House in 2011.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/books/review/book-review-vaclav-lena-by-haley-tanner.html|title=Book Review - Vaclav & Lena - By Haley Tanner|last=Ferriss|first=Lucy|date=2011-06-17|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/afterword/for-her-first-trick-haley-tanner-discusses-her-magical-debut-novel-vaclav-lena|title=For her first trick: Haley Tanner discusses her magical debut novel Vaclav & Lena|website=National Post}} The titular characters are growing up in Brooklyn's Russian immigrant community.{{Cite web|url=http://www.papermag.com/haley-tanner-1426013463.html|title=Haley Tanner|last=PAPERMAG|website=Paper Magazine|date=22 March 2012}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/haley-tanner/vaclav-lena/|title=VACLAV & LENA by Haley Tanner - Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/149722-vaclav-and-lena-by-haley-tanner/|title='Vaclav and Lena': His Lovely Assistant|website=Pop Matters|date=19 October 2011 }}

She has been interviewed by The Forward{{Cite web|url=http://forward.com/sisterhood/137862/q-and-a-novelist-haley-tanner-on-love-after-death/|title=Q&A: Novelist Haley Tanner on Love After Death|website=The Forward|date=18 May 2011 }} and NPR.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/06/11/137064269/vaclav-and-lena-find-love-on-a-brooklyn-boardwalk|title='Vaclav And Lena' Find Love On A Brooklyn Boardwalk|website=NPR.org}}

Tanner was born and raised in Westchester County, New York. She holds an MFA in creative writing from The New School.{{Cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2011-05-18-New-Voices-Haley-Tanner_n.htm|title=New Voices: Haley Tanner's debut novel 'Vaclav & Lena' - USATODAY.com|website=USA Today}}

Tanner and her partner, musician Josh Ritter, had their first child, Beatrix Wendylove Ritter, on November 11, 2012. They own a home together in Woodstock, New York.{{cite web|author=Brian T. Atkinson |url=http://www.cmtedge.com/2013/03/04/josh-ritter-tracks-his-life-from-awful-to-amazing/ |title=Josh Ritter Tracks His Life, From Awful to Amazing |publisher=cmtedge.com |access-date=2015-10-16}}

The National Book Foundation named Tanner as a "5 Under 35 Author" in 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalbook.org/5under35_2012_tanner_5u35chat.html#.V4VJbZMrL-Y|title=5 Under 35, 2012, The National Book Foundation|website=www.nationalbook.org|access-date=2016-07-15|archive-date=2016-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814051414/http://www.nationalbook.org/5under35_2012_tanner_5u35chat.html#.V4VJbZMrL-Y|url-status=dead}}

• {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-poO6SywH4IC|title=Vaclav and Lena|publisher=Knopf Canada|isbn=9780307399359|language=en|last1=Tanner|first1=Haley|date=17 May 2011}}

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