Lydia Keating

Lydia Keating is a writer, performer, and digital creator. She holds degrees from Yale University (BA Cognitive Science), where she was a Yale Journalism Scholar, and Boston University (MFA Creative Writing), where she was the recipient of the William Holodnak Prize that honored her as one of the two top fiction writers in the cohort.

In fall of 2021, Lydia sold her pilot, FRAN, to the production company Picturestart as a scripted podcast. The project is currently in development and expected to be released in 2023.

Her essay, "I’m an Influencer, and I Think Social Media Is Toxic" was published in Slate. Her journalism has also appeared in the LA Weekly and NPR member station, WGBH.

Lydia is currently working on her first novel.