Daniela Petrova

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Daniela Petrova
Born Sofia, Bulgaria
OccupationWriter
NationalityBulgarian-American
Education Columbia University (BA)
New York University (MA)
Website
www.danielapetrova.com

Daniela Petrova is a Bulgaria-born American writer, living in New York City. Her debut novel is Her Daughter's Mother (2019). [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Petrova was born and raised in Sofia, Bulgaria. [3] Soon after the fall of communism, she moved to New York City. [4]

She earned a BA in Philosophy from Columbia University and an MA in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness from New York University. [4]

Her Daughter's Mother

Her Daughter's Mother is, according to Randle Browning writing in the Los Angeles Review of Books, a "psychological thriller, part murder mystery", "a deep dive into the oft-underrepresented world of infertility, pregnancy, and motherhood"—"from fertility treatments to egg donation to surrogacy to adoption"—"including all the medical, legal, and emotional obstacles women face". [5]

Personal life

Between at least 2011 and 2014, Petrova was married to American author, journalist and filmmaker Sebastian Junger. [6] [7]

Publications

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