Naomi J. Williams is the author of the novel Landfalls, long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. Her short stories and essays have appeared most recently in LitHub, Bourbon Penn, Electric Literature, the Brevity blog, New Overland Review, and the Sacramento Noir anthology. Honors include a Pushcart Prize, honorable mentions in Best American Short Stories and Best Horror of the Year, and residencies at Djerassi, Hedgebrook, Vermont Studio Center, VCCA, and Willapa Bay AiR. A biracial Japanese-American, Naomi was born in Japan and spoke no English until she was six years old. Educated at Princeton, Stanford, and UC Davis, today she makes her home in Sacramento, California. She has taught creative writing at UC Davis, Saint Mary’s College, Sacramento City College, and the low-residency MFA program at Ashland University in Ohio. She lives in Sacramento, where she co-directs the literary nonprofit CapLit.
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