Lidia Yuknavitch (/ˈjuːknəvɪtʃ/ YOOK-nə-vitch;[2] born June 18, 1963)[3][4] is an American writer, teacher and editor based in Oregon.

She is the author of the memoir The Chronology of Water, and the novels The Small Backs of Children, Dora: A Headcase, and The Book of Joan.

[12] In 1987–1988, Yuknavitch, then known as Lidia Yukman, collaborated with a novel-writing class at the University of Oregon taught by Ken Kesey that produced the book Caverns.

[4] Her work has been published in Guernica, Ms., The Iowa Review, Zyzzyva, Another Chicago Magazine, PLAZM, The Sun,[13] Exquisite Corpse, and TANK.

[18] She said she started writing the book as a kind of dare after talking to Chuck Palahniuk about memoir at the end of a meeting of their writers' group.

[24] Yuknavitch read one of the stories, "Street Walker," on the December 10, 2019, episode of the Lit Hub/Podglomerate Storybound podcast, accompanied by original musical composition from the band Whiston & Warmack.

"[28] Yuknavitch teaches writing, literature, film, and women's studies and is on the MFA faculty at Eastern Oregon University.