Anne Bernays

The Man on the Third Floor is Anne Bernays’ tenth novel. She is the co-author of three non-fiction books and scores of articles, book reviews and essays in national publications. A long-time teacher of writing, she is currently on the faculty of Lesley University’s MFA program in writing and is a writing instructor at Harvard’s Nieman Foundation. Her novel Growing Up Rich won the Edward Lewis Wallent Award and another novel, Professor Romeo, was a New York Times Notable Book. She is also author of What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers.

“Anne Bernays is a wonderful writer, and The Man On The Third Floor is an elegant and compelling meditation on love, work, loyalty, and sexual desire.”

Hilma Wolitzer, author of An Available Man

"I just love this book. It's my favorite of all her books by light years."
Annie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (MDGentleReader)… (more)