Bonnie Nadzam | |
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![]() Nadzam in 2018 | |
Born | Cleveland Heights, Ohio, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
Education | Carleton College (BA) Arizona State University (MFA) University of Southern California (MA, PhD) |
Notable awards | Center for Fiction First Novel Prize (2011) |
Bonnie Nadzam is an American writer. She is a native of Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
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]
Her fiction, essays and poetry have appeared in Harper's Magazine , Orion , Granta , the Kenyon Review , The Alaska Quarterly 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]