2025
The Salt Orchard
A family's last summer on a disappearing coastline.
Novelist · Essayist
Elias Vance
“Stories are the rooms we build to keep the light in.”
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Books
2021
Letters to a Lighthouse
An archivist uncovers a century of unsent correspondence.
2018
Small Hours
Essays on insomnia, cities, and the art of paying attention.
About
Elias Vance writes fiction and essays about memory, landscape, and the ordinary courage of everyday lives. His work has been translated into twelve languages and shortlisted for several literary prizes. He lives by the sea with too many books and one stubborn cat.