Eileen Cronin‘s (’05, ’06, ’09) memoir, Mermaid (January 2014 with W.W. Norton) was selected for O Magazine’s “Memoirs Too Powerful to Put Down” and “10 Titles to Pick Up Now.” Translations in Chinese, Spanish, and Korean are forthcoming. Eileen was awarded the Washington Writing Prize in Short Fiction (2008). She had a notable essay mentioned in the 2011 Best American Essays. Her fiction and essays have appeared in several literary reviews and newspapers. She’s also been an assistant editor at Narrative Magazine.