Harriet Scott Chessman

Harriet Scott Chessman is the author of the acclaimed novels THE BEAUTY OF ORDINARY THINGS (2013), SOMEONE NOT REALLY HER MOTHER (a 2004 San Francisco Chronicle Best Book, and a Good Morning America Book Club Choice), LYDIA CASSATT READING THE MORNING PAPER (1999), and OHIO ANGELS (1999). She is also the author of the libretto for MY LAI, a contemporary operatic piece commissioned by Kronos Quartet in 2015. She has taught literature and creative writing at Yale University, Bread Loaf School of...See more

Harriet Scott Chessman is the author of the acclaimed novels THE BEAUTY OF ORDINARY THINGS (2013), SOMEONE NOT REALLY HER MOTHER (a 2004 San Francisco Chronicle Best Book, and a Good Morning America Book Club Choice), LYDIA CASSATT READING THE MORNING PAPER (1999), and OHIO ANGELS (1999). She is also the author of the libretto for MY LAI, a contemporary operatic piece commissioned by Kronos Quartet in 2015. She has taught literature and creative writing at Yale University, Bread Loaf School of English, and Stanford University's Continuing Studies Program. See less