Tatjana Soli

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Name Tatjana Soli Role Novelist		Education Stanford University Awards Dana Award in the Novel

Nominations Goodreads Choice Awards Best Historical Fiction Books The Lotus Eaters, The Forgetting Tree: A N, The Last Good Paradise

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Tatjana Soli is an American novelist and short-story writer. Her first novel, The Lotus Eaters (2010), won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Book Prize, was a New York Times Bestseller, and a New York Times 2010 Notable Book. Her second novel, The Forgetting Tree (2012) was a New York Times Notable Book. Soli's third novel, The Last Good Paradise, was among The Millions "Most Anticipated" Books of 2015. Her fourth novel will be published by Sarah Crichton Books in Spring, 2018. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications including The New York Times Book Review.

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Education

Soli graduated from Stanford University, and later the Warren Wilson College with an MFA. She received scholarships to the Sewanee Writers' Conference and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.

Career

Her first novel, The Lotus Eaters (2010), won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Book Prize, was a New York Times Bestseller, and a New York Times 2010 Notable Book. Her second novel, The Forgetting Tree (2012) was a New York Times Notable Book and NYT Editors Choice. Soli's third novel, The Last Good Paradise, was among The Millions "Most Anticipated" Books of 2015. Her fourth novel will be published by Sarah Crichton Books in 2018. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications including The New York Times Book Review.

Her work has appeared in Zyzzyva, Boulevard, Five Chapters, The Normal School, The Sun, StoryQuarterly, Confrontation, Gulf Coast, Other Voices, Inkwell Journal, Nimrod, Third Coast, Carolina Quarterly, Sonora Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Washington Square Review, and Web del Sol.

Personal life

She lives on the Monterey Peninsula, California.

Awards

2012 New York Times Notable Book for The Forgetting Tree

2012 New York Times Editors' Choice for The Forgetting Tree

Winner of the 2010 James Tait Black Award for fiction for The Lotus Eaters

2011 American Library Association Notable Book for The Lotus Eaters

2010 Finalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize Award for First Fiction for The Lotus Eaters

2010 New York Times Notable Book for The Lotus Eaters

2010 New York Times Editors' Choice for The Lotus Eaters

2006 Finalist, Bellwether Prize

2003 Dana Award for The Lotus Eaters

2002 William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition Prize

Works

Conflagrations: A Collection of Short Stories. Warren Wilson College. 2006. (thesis)

The Lotus Eaters. New York: St. Martin's Press. Warren Wilson College. 2010. ISBN 978-0-312-61157-6.

The Forgetting Tree. New York: St. Martin's Press. 2012. ISBN 978-1-250-00104-7.

The Last Good Paradise. New York: St. Martin's Press. 2015. ISBN 978-1-250-04396-2.

Anthology

M Marie Hayes, ed. (2003). StoryQuarterly. 39. Storyquarterly Inc. ISBN 978-0-9722444-1-1.

References

Tatjana Soli Wikipedia

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