Eleanor Henderson

Eleanor Henderson is the award-winning author of Ten Thousand Saints, which was named one of the Top 10 Books of 2011 by the New York Times and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her short stories have appeared in Agni, North American Review, Ninth Letter, Columbia, and Salon, among other publications. Eleanor's story "The Farms" was nominated for the Pushcart Prize and selected by Alice Sebold for The Best American Short Stories 2009. An assistant professor at Ithaca College, she lives in Ithaca, New York, with her husband and sons.