Victoria Redel is a first-generation American author of four books of poetry and six books of fiction, most recently the poetry collection, Paradise and the novel I Am You, published in October 2025 by Zando Project/SJPLIT. Victoria's work has been widely anthologized, awarded and translated into many languages. Her novel, Loverboy (2001) was adapted for a feature film directed by Kevin Bacon. She's received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts and The Fine Arts Work Center. Victoria has taught at Columbia University, The New School, and Vermont College of Fine Arts, and was the McGee Distinguished Professor at Davidson College. She is a tenured faculty member in the graduate and undergraduate creative writing programs at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York City and Utah.