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Portrait of Corie Adjmi

Novelist and essayist

Corie Adjmi

Fiction and essays about family, belonging, identity, desire, and the lives women claim for themselves.

Corie Adjmi is the USA Today bestselling author of The Marriage Box and Life and Other Shortcomings.

Books by Corie Adjmi

Explore Corie's novel and linked story collection, with ordering information, awards, and selected praise.

The Marriage Box cover

American Fiction Awards winner

Best Book Awards winner

The Marriage Box

A coming-of-age novel about love, faith, identity, and the pressure to belong.

Life and Other Shortcomings cover

American Fiction Awards winner

International Book Awards winner

Life and Other Shortcomings

A linked story collection following women as they navigate marriage, family, ambition, and selfhood.

Featured in print, digital, and literary outlets.

Selected coverage from magazines, journals, and cultural outlets.

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