Hilary Leicter (HC ’07) and Emma Copley Eisenberg (HC ’09) return to Haverford to read from their latest books, Terrace Story and Housemates. 

Emma Copley Eisenberg is the author of the nationally bestselling debut novel
Housemates (Hogarth, 2024) as well as the narrative nonfiction book The Third
Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia (Hachette Books,
2020), which was named a New York Times Notable Book and was nominated for
an Edgar Award, a Lambda Literary Award, and an Anthony Award, among other
honors. Her fiction, essays, and criticism have appeared in Granta, Esquire, The
New Republic, Time Magazine, Lux Magazine, McSweeney’s, VQR, American Short
Fiction, and many other publications. Raised in New York City, she lives in
Philadelphia, where she co-founded Blue Stoop, a community hub for the literary
arts. Her short story collection, Fat Swim, is forthcoming from Hogarth in 2026.

Hilary Leichter is the author of the novels Temporary (Coffee House Press, 2020)
and Terrace Story (HarperCollins, 2023). She has been a finalist for The Center for
Fiction First Novel Prize and the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Prize,
and her work in Harper's Magazine won the 2021 National Magazine Award in
Fiction. Terrace Story has been named a best book of 2023 by Time Magazine, The
New Yorker, The LA Times, Publishers Weekly, and other publications. Hilary teaches
at Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn, NY.

The event will also include a discussion and Q&A, where they will answer questions about their work as well as their journeys from the Haverford English major to the thrilling and terrifying world of writing and publishing fiction and nonfiction. 

This event is sponsored by the Weaver Fund and Creative Writing at Haverford.