Vanessa Hua

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.

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

  • 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

  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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