Description: Anne O'Reilly is an attorney, Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate, and writer.
BA, Brandeis University
JD, University of California-San Francisco MFA, Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Anne O’Reilly received a Masters in Fine Arts in Fiction from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. The Workshop is the most competitive fiction program in the country, with an acceptance rate of under 3%. While at Iowa, she studied with James Alan McPherson (Pulitzer Prize/Fiction “Elbow Room”), Marilynne Robinson (Pulitzer Prize/Fiction “Gilead”), Elizabeth McCracken (“The Giant’s House,” “The Hero of this Book”) and Adam Haslett (“You Are Not a Stranger Here” and “Union Atlantic”). She is also an attorney who ha