Nathan Elias ‘18

Nathan Elias’s ‘18 (Los Angeles, MFA) novel, Coil Quake Rift, was reviewed by Chapter 16 and is a finalist in the 16th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards.

Anne Liu Kellor ‘06

Anne Liu Kellor‘s ‘06 (Los Angeles, MFA) memoir, Heart Radical, was named a 2021 Forward INDIES Finalist for Multicultural (Adult Nonfiction).

Nikia Chaney ‘09

Nikia Chaney‘s ‘09 (Los Angeles, MFA) memoir, Ladybug, will be published by Inlandia Institute and is available for preorder. 

Melissa Greenwood ‘16

Melissa Greenwood ‘16 (Los Angeles, MFA) had two book reviews published: “Knocked Down: A High Risk Memoir by Aileen Weintraub” in GXRL and “Emily Rapp Black’s ‘Sanctuary’ Shimmers” in Kelp…

Andromeda Romano Lax ‘12

Andromeda Romano Lax’s ‘12 (Los Angeles, MFA) novel, Annie and the Wolves, was listed by Booklist in “Novels Propelled by Books.” 

Carol Potter

MFA Affiliate Faculty Carol Potter‘s book What Happens Next is Anyone’s Guess was published by Beyond Baroque, as the winner of their 2021 Pacific Coast Poetry Series.

Sarah Manguso

MFA Affiliate Faculty Sarah Manguso‘s latest book, Very Cold People, was reviewed in The Guardian. 

Malia Márquez ‘19

Malia Márquez‘s ‘19 (Los Angeles, MFA) novel This Fierce Blood won an Independent Publisher Book Awards silver medal for multicultural fiction.

Nathan Elias ‘18

Nathan Elias‘s ‘18 (Los Angeles, MFA) novel, Coil Quake Rift, was named a 2022 finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Award.