Anne Landsman┬аis the author of the novels┬аThe Rowing Lesson┬аand┬аThe DevilтАЩs Chimney.┬аThe Rowing Lesson┬аwas awarded South AfricaтАЩs two top literary awardsтАФthe 2009 Sunday Times Fiction Prize and South AfricaтАЩs 2009 M-Net Literary Award for English fictionтАФand was shortlisted for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the Harold U. Ribalow Prize. Award nominations for┬аThe DevilтАЩs Chimney┬аinclude the PEN/Hemingway Award and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. She has contributed essays to the anthologies┬аTouch,┬аAn Uncertain Inheritance┬аand┬аThe HoneymoonтАЩs Over┬аand has written for numerous publications including┬аVanity Fair, The Washington Post, The American Poetry Review, The Believer, The Guardian┬аand┬аThe Telegraph.┬аBorn in South Africa, she lives in New York City┬аwith her husband and two children.