Iris Smyles is the author of several books, including Dating Tips for the Unemployed, which was a semi-finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Her short stories have been awarded the Geraldine Griffin Moore Award, the Adria Schwartz Award, and the Dorris Lipman Prize, among others. Her essays and stories have been published by the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Atlantic, Vogue, Bomb, Paris Review Daily, the Baffler, and Best American Travel Writing, among other publications.
