Cover of the book 'Mercy Street' by Jennifer Haigh featuring a background of numerous colorful paper cutout silhouettes of people in shades of blue, purple, and pink. The title and author's name are prominently displayed in large, bold letters.

Jennifer Haigh - 2023 Twain Award Winner - Mercy Street

Jennifer Haigh’s first novel, Mrs. Kimble, won the PEN Hemingway Award for debut fiction. Her latest, Mercy Street, was named a Best Book of 2022 by The New Yorker and won the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award. Her short stories have been published widely, in the Atlantic, Granta, The Best American Short Stories and many other places. Published in eighteen languages, her work has been recognized by the Guggenheim Foundation, the Michener Foundation and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Boston.