![]() ![]() ![]() During this time, she was also working on her first novel The Borrower was published to great acclaim in 2011. Makkai made her literary debut as a writer of short stories for four consecutive years-from 2008 to 2011-her work was anthologized in the annual Best American Short Stories. ![]() Her Hungarian father is also a poet, her paternal grandmother was a novelist, and there is a history of smuggling in the family. Before we get started, here are some things you should know about Rebecca Makkai: she earned her master’s degree from the Bread Loaf School of English in 2004, during which time she was an elementary teacher at a Montessori school.īoth of her parents are linguists, and she spent childhood summers traveling with them to academic conferences. ![]()
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