Nicole Graev Lipson is the author of the forthcoming memoir-in-essays Mothers and Other Fictional Characters (Chronicle Books, February 2025). Her writing has been awarded a Pushcart Prize, selected for The Best American Essays anthology, and nominated for a National Magazine Award. Her work has appeared in The Sun, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Gettysburg Review, Creative Nonfiction, Fourth Genre, River Teeth, Alaska Quarterly Review, The Millions, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe, among other publications.

Nicole holds a BA from Cornell University and an MFA from Emerson College. Originally from New York City, she lives outside of Boston with her family.