Jon Papernick

Jonathan Papernick's first collection of short stories The Ascent of Eli Israel was published by Arcade Publishing in 2002 and received a full-page review in the New York Times and a starred review in Publishers Weekly.

Papernick's second collection of stories pursues the conflicted inner turmoil of Jews caught in a modern maelstrom. Publishers Weekly wrote: "Papernick's new collection is tight and fearless." Author Dara Horn wrote: "Every single story here delivers a knock-out punch that will leave you reeling long after you've put it down -- and revising your thinking on what life and love really mean."

The Book of Stone: A novel. Fig Tree Books, 2015.

"This intelligent and timely thriller is told through a Jewish prism, but ­Papernick’s persuasive insights into the nature of fanaticism and its destructive consequences could be applied to any ideology. Highly recommended.” — Library Journal (starred review)

I Am My Beloveds: A Novel, 2022.

"I Am My Beloveds is a compulsive read, at turns heart-wrenching, angry, funny, and sweet, but always smart and vivid. Papernick is a master of growing empathy from the smallest detail, in doing so has crafted a winning protagonist in Ben Seidel, who I was eager to follow, warts and all, wherever his misadventures in open marriage might lead." -- Sara Nović, author of Girl at War and True Biz.

His third collection of stories Gallery of the Disappeared Men will be published by Story Plant in 2023.

Papernick is currently Senior Writer-in-Residence at Emerson College in Boston.

Please visit www.jonpapernick.com to learn more.