Jenny Offill

Jenny Offill

4 Series

Jenny Offill is an American author renowned for her novels "Dept. of Speculation" and "Weather." "Dept. of Speculation" was distinguished as one of "The 10 Best Books of 2014" by The New York Times Book Review.

Jenny Offill's "Weather" follows Lizzie, a former promising student now working in a university library. She also answers letters for a podcast hosted by her former mentor, acting as an unofficial therapist. Recently, Lizzie struggles to maintain hope in her responses, leaning towards negativity. This pessimism spills into her personal life as a wife and mother. Her growing obsession with disaster psychology and doomsday prepping further complicates her life.

Standalone Novels

Last Things

(1999)

Dept. of Speculation

(2014)

Weather

(2020)

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17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore

(2004)

11 Experiments That Failed

(2011)

Sparky!

(2012)

While You Were Napping

(2014)

Non-Fiction

The Friend Who Got Away

(2005)

Money Changes Everything

(2007)

Anthologies

The Literary Review: Refrigerator Mothers

(2010)

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