Alison Stine

Alison Stine (born January 25, 1978) is an American author known for her poetry collections such as Wait (2010 Brittingham Prize winner) and Ohio Violence (2008 Vassar Miller Prize winner), and novels including Road Out of Winter (2021 Philip K. Dick Award), Trashlands, and the recent YA novel Dust (High Plains International Book Award, YALSA 2026 Best Fiction for Young Adults). She has received prestigious fellowships including the Ruth Lilly Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and Stegner Fellowship, and her essays have appeared in major publications like The New York Times and The Atlantic alisonstine.com.