Marjorie Celona is the author of two novels: Y, published in 2012, and How a Woman Becomes a Lake, published in 2020. Y was published in eight countries, won France's Grand Prix Littéraire de l’Héroïne for Best Foreign Novel, and was a #1 Indie Next Pick from IndieBound.

A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Marjorie has published stories, book reviews, and essays in The O. Henry Prize Stories, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, The Southern Review, Harvard Review, Cincinnati Review, and elsewhere.

Born and raised on Vancouver Island, they teach in the MFA program at the University of Oregon.