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'''Vanessa Hua''' is an American writer and journalist.
'''Vanessa Hua''' is an American journalist and writer based in San Francisco. She is the author of ''Deceit and Other Possibilities'' (Willow Books, 2016; Counterpoint Press, 2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.counterpointpress.com/dd-product/deceit-and-other-possibilities/ |title=Counterpoint Press: Deceit and Other Possibilities |date=24 July 2019 |access-date=2019-08-01}}</ref> and ''A River of Stars'' (Ballantine) and the novel, ''Forbidden City'' (Penguin Random House, 2022). She is a columnist for the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/author/vanessa-hua/ |title=Vanessa Hua: Columnist|access-date=2016-09-22}}</ref> and a member of the [[San Francisco Writers Grotto|San Francisco Writers' Grotto.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgrotto.org/people/individual-members/ |title=The Grotto: Individual Members |access-date=2016-09-22}}</ref> Her fiction has appeared in ''The Atlantic'', ''ZYZZYVA'', ''Guernica'', and other publications.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} She received a National Endowment for the Arts awards Literature Fellowship award in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bastidas |first=Jose Alejandro |date= |title=Vanessa Hua, Chronicle columnist, receives National Endowment for the Arts fellowship |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/vanessa-hua-chronicle-columnist-receives-national-endowment-for-the-arts-fellowship |website=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref>

== Career ==
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|San Francisco Writers' Grotto.]]

Hua has worked as a journalist at the [[Los Angeles Times|''Los Angeles Times'']], [[Hartford Courant|''Hartford Courant'']], [[San Francisco Examiner|''San Francisco Examiner'']], and the [[San Francisco Chronicle|''San Francisco Chronicle'']].<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Weber |first=Jessica |date=2022 |title=The Writer |url=https://news.ucr.edu/ucr-magazine/spring-2022/alumni-profile |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625135550/https://news.ucr.edu/ucr-magazine/spring-2022/alumni-profile |archive-date=June 25, 2022 |access-date=September 7, 2024 |magazine=UCR Magazine |publisher=[[University of California, Riverside]] |issue=Spring 2022}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Hua was a weekly columnist for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' from 2016 to 2023.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Hua |first=Vanessa |date=January 12, 2023 |title=So long, but not goodbye: Vanessa Hua bids farewell to weekly column |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/so-long-but-not-goodbye-vanessa-hua-bids-farewell-to-weekly-column |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131192442/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/so-long-but-not-goodbye-vanessa-hua-bids-farewell-to-weekly-column |archive-date=January 31, 2023 |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Datebook |publisher=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |language=en-US |publication-date=January 5, 2023}}</ref>

Hua has taught at [[Warren Wilson College]]'s master of fine arts (MFA) program.<ref name=":0" />

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She received a [[National Endowment for the Arts]] Literature Fellowship award in 2020.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Bastidas |first=Jose Alejandro |date= |title=Vanessa Hua, Chronicle columnist, receives National Endowment for the Arts fellowship |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/vanessa-hua-chronicle-columnist-receives-national-endowment-for-the-arts-fellowship |website=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Hua graduated from [[Stanford University]] with a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in media studies.<ref name=":0" /> Hua graduated from the [[University of California, Riverside]]'s creative writing MFA program in 2009.<ref name=":0" />

Hua is married and has two sons.<ref name=":1" />


== Awards and critical acclaim ==
== Awards and critical acclaim ==
* 2020 National Endowment for the Arts fellowship<ref name=":2" />
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* 2020 National Endowment for the Arts fellowship<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Alejandro Bastidas|first1=Jose|date=January 16, 2020|title=Vanessa Hua, Chronicle columnist, receives National Endowment for the Arts fellowship|url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/vanessa-hua-chronicle-columnist-receives-national-endowment-for-the-arts-fellowship|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Datebook |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2017 Dr. Suzanne Ahn Award for Civil Rights and Social Justice Reporting<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Chronicle-columnist-Vanessa-Hua-wins-civil-rights-11731778.php |title=Chronicle columnist Vanessa Hua wins civil rights award |date=3 August 2017 |access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref>
* 2017 Dr. Suzanne Ahn Award for Civil Rights and Social Justice Reporting<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Chronicle-columnist-Vanessa-Hua-wins-civil-rights-11731778.php |title=Chronicle columnist Vanessa Hua wins civil rights award |date=3 August 2017 |access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref>
* 2017 Finalist, California Book Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Finalists-named-for-California-Book-Awards-11053409.php |title=Finalists named for California Book Awards |date=6 April 2017 |access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref>
* 2017 Finalist, California Book Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Finalists-named-for-California-Book-Awards-11053409.php |title=Finalists named for California Book Awards |date=6 April 2017 |access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref>
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*''Deceit and Other Possibilities'' (Willow Publishing 2016) {{ISBN|978-0997199628}}
*''Deceit and Other Possibilities'' (Willow Publishing 2016) {{ISBN|978-0997199628}}
*''A River of Stars'' ([[Ballantine Books]] August 2018) {{ISBN|978-0399178788}}, a novel about [[Chinatown, San Francisco|San Francisco Chinatown]]<ref>https://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/new-novel-uncovers-the-secret-lives-of-chinatown</ref>
*''A River of Stars'' ([[Ballantine Books]] August 2018) {{ISBN|978-0399178788}}, a novel about [[Chinatown, San Francisco|San Francisco Chinatown]]
*''Forbidden City'' ([[Ballantine Books]] May 2022) {{ISBN|978-0-399-17881-8}}, a novel about a young mistress of [[Mao Zedong]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-21 |title=Review {{!}} ‘Forbidden City’ gives voice to a history meant to be buried |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/05/23/vanessa-hua-forbidden-city-book-review/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
*''Forbidden City'' ([[Ballantine Books]] May 2022) {{ISBN|978-0-399-17881-8}}, a novel about a young mistress of [[Mao Zedong]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-21 |title=Review {{!}} ‘Forbidden City’ gives voice to a history meant to be buried |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/05/23/vanessa-hua-forbidden-city-book-review/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>


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[[Category:American writers of Taiwanese descent]]
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Vanessa Hua
Hua in 2018
Hua in 2018
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materStanford University (BA, MA),
University of California, Riverside (MFA)
Notable awardsRona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award
Website
www.vanessahua.com

Vanessa Hua is an American writer and journalist.

Career

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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]

Personal life

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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]

Awards and critical acclaim

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  • 2020 National Endowment for the Arts fellowship[3]
  • 2017 Dr. Suzanne Ahn Award for Civil Rights and Social Justice Reporting[4]
  • 2017 Finalist, California Book Award[5]
  • 2016-17 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature[6]
  • 2015 Rona Jaffe Writers' Award[7]
  • Steinbeck Fellowship in Creative Writing[8]
  • San Francisco Foundation's James D. Phelan Award for fiction[9]

Bibliography

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  • Deceit and Other Possibilities (Willow Publishing 2016) ISBN 978-0997199628
  • A River of Stars (Ballantine Books August 2018) ISBN 978-0399178788, a novel about San Francisco Chinatown
  • Forbidden City (Ballantine Books May 2022) ISBN 978-0-399-17881-8, a novel about a young mistress of Mao Zedong[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Weber, Jessica (2022). "The Writer". UCR Magazine. No. Spring 2022. University of California, Riverside. Archived from the original on June 25, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Hua, Vanessa (January 12, 2023). "So long, but not goodbye: Vanessa Hua bids farewell to weekly column". Datebook. San Francisco Chronicle (published January 5, 2023). Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  3. ^ a b Bastidas, Jose Alejandro. "Vanessa Hua, Chronicle columnist, receives National Endowment for the Arts fellowship". San Francisco Chronicle.
  4. ^ "Chronicle columnist Vanessa Hua wins civil rights award". 3 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  5. ^ "Finalists named for California Book Awards". 6 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  6. ^ "Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Names 2016 Literature Award Winners". NBC News. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  7. ^ "The Rona Jaffa Foundation: Past Recipients". Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  8. ^ "2013-2014 Fellows". Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  9. ^ "The San Francisco Foundation Announces literary Awardees". Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  10. ^ "Review | 'Forbidden City' gives voice to a history meant to be buried". Washington Post. 2022-05-21. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
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