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Vanessa Hua
Vanessa Hua, author
Vanessa Hua, author
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materStanford University
University of California, Riverside
Notable worksDeceit and Other Possibilities
Notable awardsRona Jaffe Writers' Award, James D. Phelan literary award, Steinbeck Fellowship in Creative Writing, Asian American Journalists Association’s National Journalism Award, James Madison Freedom of Information Award
Website
www.vanessahua.com

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)[1] and A River of Stars (Ballantine) and the novel, Forbidden City (Penguin Random House, 2022). She is a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle [2] and a member of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto.[3] Her fiction has appeared in The Atlantic, ZYZZYVA, Guernica, and other publications.[citation needed] She received a National Endowment for the Arts awards Literature Fellowship award in 2020.[4]

Awards and critical acclaim

  • 2020 National Endowment for the Arts fellowship[5]
  • 2017 Dr. Suzanne Ahn Award for Civil Rights and Social Justice Reporting[6]
  • 2017 Finalist, California Book Award[7]
  • 2016-17 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature[8]
  • 2015 Rona Jaffe Writers' Award[9]
  • Steinbeck Fellowship in Creative Writing[10]
  • San Francisco Foundation's James D. Phelan Award for fiction[11]

Bibliography

  • 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[12]
  • Forbidden City (Ballantine Books May 2022) {{ISBN|97800399178825}}, a novel about a young mistress of Mao Zedong[13]

References

  1. ^ "Counterpoint Press: Deceit and Other Possibilities". 24 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  2. ^ "Vanessa Hua: Columnist". Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  3. ^ "The Grotto: Individual Members". Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  4. ^ Bastidas, Jose Alejandro. "Vanessa Hua, Chronicle columnist, receives National Endowment for the Arts fellowship". San Francisco Chronicle.
  5. ^ Alejandro Bastidas, Jose (January 16, 2020). "Vanessa Hua, Chronicle columnist, receives National Endowment for the Arts fellowship". Datebook. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  6. ^ "Chronicle columnist Vanessa Hua wins civil rights award". 3 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  7. ^ "Finalists named for California Book Awards". 6 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  8. ^ "Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Names 2016 Literature Award Winners". NBC News. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  9. ^ "The Rona Jaffa Foundation: Past Recipients". Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  10. ^ "2013-2014 Fellows". Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  11. ^ "The San Francisco Foundation Announces literary Awardees". Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  12. ^ https://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/new-novel-uncovers-the-secret-lives-of-chinatown
  13. ^ "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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