World Literary Awards

← Back to Home

Alison Espach

アリソン・エスパッチ

Arison Espatchi

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1984-09-26 （Trumbull, Connecticut, U.S.）
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Trumbull, Connecticut → Providence, Rhode Island → St. Louis, Missouri → New York City

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Associate Professor of English
Active Years
2011-2024
Affiliations
Providence College
Nominations
Shortlisted for the 'Published Novels' section of the 2025 Comedy Women in Print Prize

Education

Providence College
Department of English
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Period: 2003-2007
Year of Graduation: 2007
Country: United States
Mentored by Professor Peter Johnson
Washington University in St. Louis
Creative Writing
Degree: Master of Fine Arts
Period: 2007-2009
Year of Graduation: 2009
Country: United States
Thesis that became her first novel The Adults

Awards

Goodreads Choice Awards
2024
Work: The Wedding People
Category: Fiction
Organization: Goodreads
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Adults

2011 Coming-of-age novel

Centered on a teenage girl growing up in a small, wealthy town in Connecticut.

coming of agequick witsharp eye
Adaptations
  • [Film] The Adults / Massy Tadjedin

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance

2022 Tragicomic bildungsroman

Depicts a family following the death of its eldest child.

lossfamily

The Wedding People

2024 Comedy

Phoebe Stone travels to a hotel in Newport, Rhode Island to commit suicide but befriends the bride.

suicidefriendshipwedding
Adaptations
  • [Film] The Wedding People / Will Speck and Josh Gordon

Bibliography

  • The Adults (2011)
  • Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance (2022)
  • The Wedding People (2024)

Adaptations

  • The Adults optioned for film (2012)
  • The Wedding People acquired by TriStar Pictures for film (2024)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
quick witsharp eye
Recurring Motifs
lossgrowing upfamily dysfunction

Legacy

Winner of the 2024 Goodreads Choice Awards in Fiction. Appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list.

Trivia

  • Associate professor of English at Providence College.
  • Her debut novel The Adults was optioned by Electric City Entertainment.
  • The Wedding People film rights acquired by TriStar Pictures.