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Dara Horn

Dara Horn is the author of five novels and was one of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists. She has taught Jewish literature at Harvard, Sarah Lawrence College, and Yeshiva University. She lives in New Jersey with her family.

Dara Horn

Awards

Winner — National Jewish Book Award, 2002

Winner — Edward Lewis Wallant Award, 2002

Longlisted — ALA Carnegie Medal, 2014

Winner — National Jewish Book Award, 2006

Books by Dara Horn

In the Image: A Novel
Dara Horn
E Book, 2013
A young woman's coming of age, a romantic love story, and a spiritual journey—each infused with the lessons of history.
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
Dara Horn
E Book, 2021
A startling exploration of how Jewish history is exploited to comfort the living.
Eternal Life: A Novel
Dara Horn
E Book, 2018
What would it really mean to live forever?
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
Dara Horn
Paperback, 2022
A startling and profound exploration of how Jewish history is exploited to comfort the living
One Little Goat: A Passover Catastrophe
Dara Horn, Theo Ellsworth
Hardback, 2025
A lost Afikomen, a time-traveling talking goat and a never-ending seder illuminate the meaning of Passover in Dara Horn’s dryly funny graphic novel
One Little Goat: A Passover Catastrophe
Dara Horn, Theo Ellsworth
E Book
A lost Afikomen, a time-traveling talking goat and a never-ending seder illuminate the meaning of Passover in Dara Horn’s dryly funny graphic novel
One Little Goat: A Passover Catastrophe
Dara Horn, Theo Ellsworth
E Book
A lost Afikomen, a time-traveling talking goat and a never-ending seder illuminate the meaning of Passover in Dara Horn’s dryly funny graphic novel