Lauren Nassef

Biography

Lauren Nassef’s work has been published in the New York Times, Architecture magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. She has also illustrated Doodling for Academics by Julie Schumacher and Andrew Lang’s The Grey Fairy Book for the Folio Society. 

See Work

FICTION / Spring 2018

The Obituary

By Lulu Miller ,  Illustration by Lauren Nassef

When reporting on suicide, the CDC advises against including the suicide method or overly positive descriptions of the deceased for fear of causing contagion. 

Which gave Reporter Jane a problem in reporting on how her dad did what he did...
FICTION / Spring 2018

Fat Swim

By Emma Copley Eisenberg ,  Illustration by Lauren Nassef

Alice spots the fat women through the second-story kitchen window. It’s Wednesday, so Dad is out at his feelings meeting. She has just turned eight and has been dragging her drumsticks over different household surfaces to see what sounds...
FICTION / Spring 2018

Trout

By Elizabeth Weld ,  Illustration by Lauren Nassef

Two years after her mother’s death, Jane’s boyfriend asked her to marry him, and nine months later, they moved across the country to start their new life. Jane was twenty-nine, ready to step away from Phoenix after a hard few years. Ryan...