Lili Flanders was raised by a French mother and American father in Washington, D.C. and New England. Her bilingual and bicultural upbringing, as well as long summers spent in France and Cape Cod, have shaped her outlook and her writing. She now lives in Truro, MA.

Lili’s short fiction, award-winning flash stories, creative nonfiction and poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Wigleaf, Vestal Review, The Foundling Review, New Millenium Writings, The Woven Tale, The Crosswinds Poetry Journal, the Bellevue Literary Review, and The Comstock Review. Chapters from her memoir, The Only Way Around, have appeared in literary magazines such as The Healing Muse, and in the anthology Uncertain Promise, published in 2014 by Compass Flower Press.

Lili is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Drama and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College. She has worked as an actor, story teller, eighth grade English teacher, tutor to dyslexic learners and creative writing workshop leader.

Now retired from teaching, she currently divides her time between writing and chairing the Truro Climate Action Committee.