Vanessa Hua is an American writer and journalist.

Early life and education

Hua was born to a Taiwanese American family. She graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in media studies.[1] She graduated from the University of California, Riverside's creative writing Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) program in 2009.[1]

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.

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

Hua is married and has two sons.[2]

Awards and critical acclaim

  • 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

References

  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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