Lily King is an American novelist, born in 1963 and raised in Massachusetts, who studied English at the University of North Carolina and creative writing at Syracuse University. Her novels are “The Pleasing Hour” (1999), “The English Teacher” (2005), “Father of the Rain” (2010), “Euphoria” (2014), inspired by the anthropologist Margaret Mead, which won the Kirkus Prize, “Writers & Lovers” (2020) and “Heart the Lover” (2025). She has also published a story collection, “Five Tuesdays in Winter” (2021). She lives in Maine.
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Lily King is an American novelist, born in 1963 and raised in Massachusetts, who studied English at the University of North Carolina and creative writing at Syracuse University. Her novels are “The Pleasing Hour” (1999), “The English Teacher” (2005), “Father of the Rain” (2010), “Euphoria” (2014), inspired by the anthropologist Margaret Mead, which won the Kirkus Prize, “Writers & Lovers” (2020) and “Heart the Lover” (2025). She has also published a story collection, “Five Tuesdays in Winter” (2021). She lives in Maine.
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