She is a graduate of cornell university and the iowa writers workshop and was a stegner fellow at stanford university. Cullman center for scholars and writers at the new york public library. The invisible bridge by julie orringer reading guide. The invisible bridge by julie orringer fiction the. Julie orringer s first novel, longlisted for the orange prize 2011. Julie orringer is an american author born in miami, florida. It was like love, he thought, this crumbling chapel.
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