Miranda July (born February 15, 1974) is a performance artist, musician, writer, actress and film director. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California, after having lived for many years in Portland, Oregon. Born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger, she works under the surname of “July,” which can be traced to a character from a “girlzine” Miranda created with a high school friend called “Snarla.”
Miranda July was born in Barre, Vermont, the daughter of Lindy Hough and Richard Grossinger. Her parents, who taught at Goddard College at the time, are both writers. In 1974 they founded North Atlantic Books, a publisher of alternative health, martial arts, and spiritual titles. Miranda was encouraged to work on her short fiction by author and friend of a friend, Rick Moody.
Books in order of publication:
No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories. New York City: Scribner, 2007.
Learning to Love You More. Munich: Prestel Publishing, 2007. With Harrell Fletcher.
It Chooses You. McSweeney’s, Irregulars, 2011. With photographs by Brigitte Sire.
The First Bad Man: A Novel. New York City: Scribner, 2015.
Miranda July (artist monograph). Munich: Prestel Publishing, 2020.
Services. Mack Books, 2021. With Jay Benedicto.
All Fours. Penguin Random House, 2024.
Oak Lawn Library Friends 