Rachel Sherman (author)

{{short description|American writer (born 1975)}}

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|name=Rachel Sherman

|birth_date={{birth year and age|1975}}

|occupation=Writer

|nationality=American

|education=Columbia University (MFA)

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Rachel Sherman (born 1975) is an American writer. She holds an MFA in fiction from Columbia University. Her short stories have appeared in McSweeney's, Open City, Post Road, Conjunctions, n+1, and Story Quarterly, among other publications, and in the book Full Frontal Fiction: The Best of Nerve Anthology.

Her short story collection, The First Hurt,{{cite web |url=http://www.thefirsthurt.com/ |title=Home |website=thefirsthurt.com}} was released by Open City Books{{cite web|url=http://www.opencity.org/sherman.html|title=The First Hurt|website=Open City|accessdate=18 October 2018}} in April 2006 to rave reviews, culminating in the nomination for the 2006 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award in Ireland.{{cite web |url=http://www.munsterlit.ie/FOC/2006_longlist.htm |title=2006 Longlist for the Frank O |accessdate=2014-07-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109052305/http://www.munsterlit.ie/FOC/2006_longlist.htm |archivedate=2006-11-09 }}