Rafael Frumkin

Rafael Frumkin

About The Author

Rafael Frumkin is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the Medill School of Journalism. Her first novel, The Comedown, was published by Henry Holt in 2018, and her second novel, Confidence, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2023. She lives with her partner, two cats, and one dog in Carbondale, Illinois, where she is an assistant professor of creative writing at Southern Illinois University.

Books by Rafael Frumkin

Confidence

A Novel

“Theranos but make it gay.” —Electric Literature

Best friends (and occasional lovers) Ezra and Orson are teetering on top of the world after founding a company that promises instant enlightenment in this “propulsive, cheeky, eat-the-rich page-turner” (The Washington Po...
Bugsy & Other Stories
Longlisted for the 2024 Story Prize

From the author of Confidence and The Comedown comes a wildly imaginative story collection about queerness, neurodivergence, sexuality, and self-discovery.
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