Lucy Ferriss

“C’est magnifique,” said Mary—the first flawless thing she had uttered since we arrived in Belgium. I was transfixed by the colored fire, which flickered, died away, and left behind a smell of longing and desire. Genevieve distributed the crêpes. I ate mine with pears and a dollop of crème fraiche. - excerpt from The Nuns of Berlaymont

LUCY FERRISS is the author of six published books of fiction, most recently Nerves of the Heart (U. Tennessee, 2002) and the memoir Unveiling the Prophet (U. Missouri, 2005). Her short fiction and essays have been published widely and she contributes occasionally to the New York Times. She is the Writer-in-Residence at Trinity College in Connecticut.