Lydia publishes fiction under the name Lydia Kann. She has had stories published in the Threepenny Review, Nimrod International Journal and anthologies. She has been a finalist for fiction prizes in The Iowa Review, Glimmer Train, New Letters, The Journal, Black Warrior Review, the Kore Press, and in the Nimrod International Journal where she received an Honorable Mention.

                 Kann was selected as a 2005 writing resident at Djerassi Artist Colony in California and 2008 writing resident at the Julia and David White Artist Colony in Costa Rica. She was a 2007 contributor at the Sewanee Writers' Conference and has attended and read at numerous other writing workshops including Stonecoast Writers' Conference, workshops with Alison Lurie, Amy Bloom, Frederick Reiken, and Grace Paley. She is a member of the National Writers' Union.


                 Selections:
                                  Picture This
                                  The Sweetness of the Vine
                                  Come Here I Have Something to Show You
                                  A Taste of the Bitters