Writer & Literary Professional

I am a novelist and bookseller with over three years of experience in publishing, book design, literary magazine design, and bookselling at an independent bookstore.

I received my MFA in fiction from the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

I am represented by Peter Steinburg and Yona Levin of United Talent Agency.

Contact: lucarhatigan@gmail.com

Writing

My first novel follows an autistic woman as she returns home after her father’s death and grapples with fraught family relationships, secrets, and revelations.

Art by Adrian Rhatigan

Image of the title page of "Home: A Collection of Flash Lit and Art." The title is reflected and there is a constellation of triangles occupying the left three quarters of the page.

Design Work

Image of a broadside for "Hardway" by Steven Vineis, containing an excerpt of the book and a photoshopped image of a house with birds flying in a window.
Image of a poster for a reading by Sayantani Dasgupta and Clyde Edgerton with a photo of Dasgupta and the cover of her book "Women Who Misbehave"

Home: A Collection of Flash Lit and Art title page

Broadside for Hardway by UNCW graduate

Poster for UNCW reading