I think of myself as a kind of creative atom-smasher. I want to see what’s inside, what drives things, and how they work, whether on a mechanical, psychological, or cultural level. I am thrilled by the collision of different languages and ways of taking notes and testing ideas. I love to experiment and see what happens when the language or tools of one discipline are applied to another: gesture, duration, velocity, character, need, and desire. I love science history and working in full embrace of the mind, the body, and the dreamer.
A.M. Homes is a prolific writer who collaborates with visual artists, composers, and filmmakers on projects ranging from full-scale operas to television series to museum exhibitions.
The author of 13 books of fiction, nonfiction, and short stories, A.M. won the Women’s Prize for Fiction for her 2013 novel, “May We Be Forgiven,” and her memoir, “The Mistress’s Daughter,” was published to international acclaim. Her work has been translated into 22 languages. In addition to writing books, A.M. has composed librettos for Experiments in Opera and the Washington National Opera. She is also active in television and film, serving as co-executive producer of David E. Kelly and Stephen King’s “Mr. Mercedes” and “Falling Water” on USA and a writer/producer on the original “L Word.”
A.M. frequently collaborates with artists—including Ghada Amer, Cecily Browne, Petah Coyne, Gregory Crewdson, Carroll Dunham, Eric Fischl, Todd Hido, Catherine Opie, and Rachel Whiteread—on exhibitions and installations. She has written about the arts for Artforum, Bomb, Blind Spot, The Guardian, The Financial Times, and Vanity Fair.
Among her numerous fellowships and awards are a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, The New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers Fellowship, NYFA Artist Fellowship, and Helena Rubenstein Fellowship in the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program.
A Professor of the Practice in the Program in Creative Writing at Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts, A.M. serves on the boards of Poets and Writers, the Elizabeth Dance Foundation, and the Writers Guild of America East. She remains active on the advisory councils of the New York Foundation for the Arts, PEN America, Fine Arts Work Center, and Yaddo, where she was co-chair of the board of directors.
