Maria Adelmann author biography, plus links to books by Maria Adelmann.

Maria Adelmann

Maria Adelmann is the award-winning author of the story collection Girls of a Certain Age and the novel How to Be Eaten, an NPR book of the year and Belletrist book club pick. Her writing has been published by Tin House, n+1, Electric Literature, McSweeney's, and many others, and has been distinguished by The Best American Short Stories. Adelmann has worked variously as a hotel reviewer, product tester, and copywriter, and once sailed around the world while teaching on Semester at Sea. She is currently a writer for Wirecutter at the New York Times. She has lived in Baltimore and Copenhagen and now resides in Philadelphia.

This biography was last updated on 03/31/2026.

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