Jennifer Natalya Fink is an American author working in experimental feminist and queer fiction. She is best known for her novels Burn,Annie Wagner, Commie Pinko Menopause: A Novel of Red Licorice and Robot Love, The Stranger, Feb 12, 2004 V, and The Mikvah Queen, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 2010. Her novel, Bhopal Dance (2018), won the FC2 Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize in 2017.
Life Fink holds a Ph.D. in performance studies from New York University and an MFA in Performance from the School at the Art Institute of Chicago.
She teaches creative writing at Georgetown University.
She is also the founder and director of The Gorilla Press, a non-profit organization that promotes children's literacy through bookmaking workshops.
In 2009, she was the US judge for the Caine Prize for African Literature.
Awards Won
FC2's Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize, Winner for Bhopal Dance, 2017 Billy Heekin Arts Award, Winner for Out on Fire, Stonewall Foundation, 2002 Dana Award, Winner for The Mikvah Queen, 1997. Georgetown Review Fiction Award, Winner for “World Records,” 1996 Writer’s Digest Fiction Award, Second Place Winner for “Vertebrae,” 1996 Story Magazine Naked Fiction Contest, Second Place Winner for “Spit Bugs,” 1996 Story Magazine Short Short Fiction Contest, Second Place Winner for “Slipping,” 1996
Finalist/Nominations
The Clarissa Dalloway Fiction Prize, A Room of Her Own Foundation, Finalist for Bhopal Dance, 2015 The FC2 Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize, Finalist for Bhopal Dance, 2015 The FC2 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize, Finalist for Bhopal Dance, 2015 The Willow Books Literature Award, Shortlisted for Bhopal Dance, 2015 The Pen/Faulkner Award, Nomination for Thirteen Fugues, 2011 The Pulitzer Prize, Nomination for The Mikvah Queen, 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, Semi-finalist for The Mikvah Queen, 2010 Glimmer Train Short Fiction Award, Finalist for “Fabrications,” 2007 The National Book Award, Nominated for V, 2006 The National Jewish Book Award, Nominated for V, 2006 The National Jewish Book Award, Nominated for Burn, 2003 two girls review Experimental Novel Award, Finalist for manuscript of Thirteen Fugues, 1998
Works Fiction
Criticism
References
External links Story at 580 Split Official Website