Archive of Happiness

Elizabeth K Reeder is a Chicago native now living in Scotland. She writes novels, essays and stories. She is fascinated by things we build and dismantle (houses, identity, family, community) and how we write about them. Her first novel, Ramshackle, was shortlisted for a number of awards including a Saltire Literary Award. Interested in writing that creates spaces between forms, subjects and discipline, she supports writers/artists/thinkers to make our best work including making space for risk, exuberant failure, collaborations, and rigorous creative editorial processes. microbursts, a collection of her lyric essays produced in collaboration with artist Amanda Thomson, will be published by Prototype Publications in Spring 2021. She's a MacDowell Colony Fellow and a senior lecturer in Creative Writing at University of Glasgow.

'An Archive of Happiness is a poignant, multi-layered exploration of family relationships brilliantly revealed. A haunting story told in exquisite prose.' Ruth Hogan ; 'This is such a big-hearted, intricate and compelling novel: it is as robust and delicate as the landscapes it inhabits. Reeder tells a story of loss, fracture and repair, every sentence infused with both clear-sightedness and love.' Jenn Ashworth