Rivka Galchen | |
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.jpg) Galchen speaking at the 2009 Brooklyn Book Festival. | |
| Born | April 19, 1976 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Canadian, American |
| Education | Princeton University (AB) Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (MD) Columbia University (MFA) |
| Notable works | Atmospheric Disturbances (2008) |
| Notable awards | William J. Saroyan International Prize for Fiction |
Rivka Galchen (born April 19, 1976) is a Canadian American writer. Her first novel, Atmospheric Disturbances, was published in 2008 and was awarded the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. She is the author of five books and a contributor of journalism and essays to The New Yorker.