Rachel Yoder

Rachel Yoder is an American writer from Iowa City, Iowa, best known for her novel Nightbitch.

Life and career
Yoder grew up in an intentional Mennonite community in the Appalachian foothills of eastern Ohio, before attending the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program and earning an MFA from the University of Arizona. She earned an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University. She is the founder of draft: the journal of process.

In 2021, she released her debut novel Nightbitch, which was a "best book of the year" in Esquire and Vulture and a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, among other awards.