Camille Bordas is a novelist and short story writer. She is the author of two novels in English, The Material (Random House, 2024), and How to Behave in a Crowd (Tim Duggan Books, 2017). Her earlier two books, Partie Commune and Les Treize Desserts, were written in her native French. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, and The Paris Review. She has been named a Guggenheim Fellow. Born in France, raised in Mexico City and Paris, she currently lives in Chicago.
Photograph by Yann Stofer
Selected Works
Short Stories
“Chicago on the Seine,” The New Yorker, June 2024
“Colorin, Colorado,” The New Yorker, July 2023
“One Sun Only,” The New Yorker, February 2022
“The Lottery in Almeria,” Paris Review, Summer 2021
“Offside Constantly,” The New Yorker, June 2021
“Only Orange,” The New Yorker, December 2019
“The Presentation on Egypt,” The New Yorker, May 2019
Upcoming events
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Exile In Bookville, Chicago
June 11, 2024 7:00-8:00PM
Book Launch with Sara Levine
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Seminary Co-Op, Chicago
September 10, 2024 6:00-7:00PM
Presentation of “The Material,” with support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy
Contact
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