Lee Conell Books

Lee Conell is an American novelist and short-story writer. Her books include the story collection *Subcortical* and the novel *The Party Upstairs*, set in a New York apartment building. Across both, Conell explores the pressures shaping private lives and relationships, including questions of class, work, family, and belonging. Her fiction pairs close attention to everyday interactions with an interest in the social forces that influence them.