Cecily is the author of three books. Her debut novel, Diamond Head (Harper, HarperCollins), was a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection and recipient of an Elle Readers' Prize. Her second novel, Kaleidoscope (Dutton, Penguin Random House), was a best book of the month at Buzzfeed, Apple Books, and Today.com. Cecily is also the co-author of the New York Times bestseller Gastro Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to Food (Workman Publishing).

 

Cecily is a 2024 MacDowell Fellow and the recipient of a 2023 Oregon Literary Fellowship. A graduate of Barnard College, she now lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and daughter.