Madeline Cash

Madeline Cash
Occupation
  • Author

Madeline Cash is an American author and co-founder of Forever Magazine[1]. Her debut novel Lost Lambs was published in 2026 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Cash previously authored a collection of short stories, Earth Angel, published in 2023. Her short fiction, op-eds and interviews with artists have been featured in publications including Nylon[2], Los Angeles Times, Highsnobiety[3], The Baffler,[4] and Granta [5].

Writing career

In 2020, Cash co-founded Forever Magazine in New York during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, organizing small reading events in New York apartments and community gardens.

In 2023, Cash authored a collection of short stories titled Earth Angel, which won the 2023 PenCraft Fiction Award.[6]

In March 2024, Doubleday acquired UK and Commonwealth distribution rights (excluding Canada) to her debut novel Lost Lambs in a pre-empt deal within 36 hours of its submission to the publisher in the United States.[7] The novel was well received by critics, including The New Yorker.[8]

Works

  • Earth Angel (2023) ISBN 9781250457769
  • Lost Lambs (2026) ISBN 9781529946123

References

  1. ↑ Lent, Caitlin (January 9, 2023). "The Girls of Forever Magazine Have No Editorial Standards". Interview. Retrieved February 20, 2026.
  2. ↑ Cash, Madeline (February 8, 2024). "Genevieve Goffman's Fantastical Sculptures Are Making Her An Art-World Darling". Nylon (magazine). Retrieved February 20, 2026.
  3. ↑ Cash, Madeline (September 9, 2025). "Odessa A'zion Plays Herself". Highsnobiety. Retrieved February 20, 2026.
  4. ↑ Cash, Madeline (May 14, 2021). "Slumber Party". The Baffler. Retrieved February 20, 2026.
  5. ↑ Cash, Madeline (September 20, 2024). "Something Happened". Granta. Retrieved February 20, 2026.
  6. ↑ "PenCraft Book Award Winners for Summer 2023". Pen Craft Award. Retrieved May 25, 2026.
  7. ↑ Spanoudi, Melina (March 25, 2024). "Doubleday pre-empts Madeline Cash's 'ambitious, voicey' first novel". The Bookseller. Retrieved February 20, 2026.
  8. ↑ Gold, Hannah (January 21, 2026). "A Début Novel About the Quest for Eternal Youth". The New Yorker. Retrieved February 20, 2026.