Bonnie Nadzam

Bonnie Nadzam is an American writer. She is a native of Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Nadzam in 2018

Education

She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Environmental Studies from Carleton College, a Master of Fine Arts from Arizona State University (2004) and an MA and PhD from the University of Southern California (2010).[1]

Career

Her fiction, essays and poetry have appeared in Harper’s, Orion Magazine, Granta, the Kenyon Review, Alaska Quartery Review, and many other journals. Her first novel, Lamb, was recipient of the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize,[2] long-listed for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction in the UK,[3] and was translated into several languages. The book was made into an award-winning independent film, Lamb, starring Ross Partridge and Oona Laurence and produced by Orchard.[4]

Nadzam is co-author of Love in the Anthropocene with environmental ethicist Dale Jamieson.[5] Her second novel, Lions, was released by Grove Atlantic in 2016 and was a Finalist for the PEN USA Literary Award in Fiction.[6]

References
  1. Frisch, Suzy (2012). "An Examined Life". carleton.edu. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  2. Ambrosia Viramontes Brody (April 16, 2012). "USC Dornsife alumna wins prize for first novel". news.usc.edu. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  3. "Women's prize for fiction 2013 longlist". The Guardian. March 13, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  4. King, Susan (January 8, 2016). "'Lamb' filmmakers say story's queasy uncertainty appealed to them". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  5. Michael Silverblatt (October 1, 2015). "Bonnie Nadzam and Dale Jamieson: Love in the Anthropocene". kcrw.com. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  6. "CSUN Professor's Book a Finalist for PEN Center USA Literary Award". csun.edu. August 24, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
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