Rachel Basch is the author of three novels: The Listener (Pegasus Books), a finalist for the 2016 CLMP Firecracker Award; The Passion of Reverend Nash (W.W. Norton), named one of the five best novels of 2003 by The Christian Science Monitor; and Degrees of Love (W. W. Norton, Harper Paperbacks). Basch has reviewed books for The Washington Post Book World, and her nonfiction has appeared in n+1, Salon, The Huffington Post, Literary Hub, The Millions and Parenting. In 2020, The North Shore Readers Theater presented her full-length play, How-To. Basch was a 2011 MacDowell Colony Fellow. She received the William Van Wert prize for an excerpt from her novel, The Listener.

Basch has been a dedicated teacher of creative writing for over 35 years, most recently in Fairfield University’s MFA program. She now works independently with writers and runs generative writing workshops with Baron Wormser.

Basch received her B.A. from Wesleyan University and her graduate degree from NYU’s Creative Writing Program, where she was awarded a Teaching Fellowship and a University Scholarship. She has lived in Connecticut for decades.