Lynne Tillman

Lynne Tillman
Tillman at the Norwood club in Manhattan, 2016
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • short story writer
  • essayist
  • cultural critic
NationalityAmerican
Notable worksNo Lease on Life
Cast in Doubt
Motion Sickness
Haunted Houses
SpouseDavid Hofstra

Lynne Tillman (born January 1, 1947) is a novelist, short story writer, and cultural critic. She is currently Professor/Writer-in-Residence in the Department of English at the University at Albany and teaches at the School of Visual Arts' Art Criticism and Writing MFA Program. Tillman is the author of six novels, five collections of short stories, two collection of essays, and two other nonfiction books. She writes a bi-monthly column "In These Intemperate Times" for Frieze magazine.