photo by Francesca Swinand, 2024
Conor Robin Madigan was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Evanston, Illinois, where he lives and works. He received an MFA in 2008 from The School of the Art Institute and attended Earlham College, where he earned a bachelors in English.
He is the author of Cut Up (TRoL Books, 2011), and several short stories. He won the 2023 Rick Demarinis Contest and was finalist for The Great American Fiction Contest 2020. He is at work on a novel cycle and is represented by Jake Lovell of The Sandra Dijkstra Agency.
He most enjoys being silly.
Currently reading:
The Matter With Things, Iain McGilchrist
The Consequences, Manuel Muñoz
Sincerity and Authenticity, Trilling
A World Without Time, Yourgrau
Genesis, Robert Alter
Spring Snow, Mishima
Halldor Laxness
Oakley Hall