Exhibit X Fiction

JULIA ELLIOT has been described by Jeff VanderMeer as the "Angela Carter for our time," and her new collection Hellions (April 2025) is featured on LitHub and by Time Magazine as one of the "Most Anticipated Books of 2025." Elliott is also the author of the story collection The Wilds, a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, and the novel The New and Improved Romie Futch (both from Tin House). Her work has appeared in The Georgia Review, Tin House, Conjunctions, Granta (online), and the New York Times. She has won a Rona Jaffe Writers' Award, and her stories have been anthologized in Best American Short Stories and Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses. She teaches English and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina and lives in Columbia with her husband, daughter, and five hens.