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| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University (BA, MA), University of California, Riverside (MFA) |
| Notable awards | Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award |
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Vanessa Hua is an American writer and journalist.
Vanessa Hua | |
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| Hua in 2018 | |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University (BA, MA), University of California, Riverside (MFA) |
| Notable awards | Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award |
| Website | |
| www | |
Vanessa Hua is an American writer and journalist.
She is the author of Deceit and Other Possibilities (2020) and A River of Stars (2018) and the novel, Forbidden City (2022). She is a member of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto.
Hua has worked as a journalist at the Los Angeles Times, Hartford Courant, San Francisco Examiner, and the San Francisco Chronicle. [1] [2] Hua was a weekly columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 2016 to 2023. [2]
Hua has taught at Warren Wilson College's master of fine arts (MFA) program. [1]
She received a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship award in 2020. [3]
Hua graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in media studies. [1] Hua graduated from the University of California, Riverside's creative writing MFA program in 2009. [1]
Hua is married and has two sons. [2]
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