Anelise Chen

Anelise Chen is the author of the novel So Many Olympic Exertions, a finalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. She is a 5 Under 35 Honoree from the National Book Foundation. Her most recent book, Clam Down: A Metamorphosis, published in June 2025, is a memoir about a woman who turns into a clam during a painful separation. Chen is currently an associate professor of creative writing at Columbia University. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with her family.