Victoria Redel is a first-generation American author of four books of poetry and six books of fiction, most recently the poetry collection, Paradise and the novel I Am You, published in October 2025 by Zando Project/SJPLIT. Her novel I Am You (Zando/SJPLIT) was published in 2025 and was a Publishing Triangle LTGBTQ fiction award finalist, a London Times pick of the month, and a People Magazine best new book pick. Her debut novel, Loverboy (2001) was adapted for a feature film directed by Kevin Bacon. Victoria’s work has been widely anthologized, awarded, and translated into more than 12 languages. She’s received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts and The Fine Arts Work Center. Victoria has taught at Columbia University, the New School, Vermont College of Fine Arts and was the McGee Distinguished Professor at Davidson College. She is a tenured faculty in the graduate and undergraduate creative writing programs at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York City and Utah.