Kali Fajardo-Anstine is an American novelist and short story writer from

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winner for ''Sabrina & Corina: Stories''. Her first novel, ''Woman of Light: A Novel'' (2022), is a national bestseller.

Biography

Kali Fajardo-Anstine was born in Denver, Colorado. Fajardo-Anstine's work often features

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and Native American women in Colorado and the

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. She holds a B.A. from

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and an MFA from the

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. She has been named the

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program's Endowed Chair in Creative Writing for 2022-2024.

Selected works

Kali Fajardo Anstine 2022 Texas Book Festival

; Novels ;* ''Woman of Light: A Novel'' (June 2022) ; ; Short story collection * ''Sabrina & Corina: Stories'' (October 2019) ; Short stories
"Remedies"
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"All Her Names"
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"The Yellow Ranch"
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"But You Can’t Stay Here"
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Awards and honors

* 2019,

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Finalist for ''Sabrina & Corina: Stories'' * 2020,

Winner for ''Sabrina & Corina: Stories'' *2023,

Carol Shields Prize for Fiction The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is a North American literary award, created in 2020 to honour literature by women.Scottie Andrew"A new literary prize will award more than $100,000 to a North American writer. The only criteria? No men". CNN, Feb ...

Longlist for ''Woman of Light'' *2023
Reading the West Fiction Award
Winner for Woman of Light *2023
WILLA Literary Award in Historical Fiction
for Woman of Light

References

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* Living people American short story writers American women novelists Hispanic and Latino American novelists Hispanic and Latino American short story writers Writers from Denver Metropolitan State University of Denver alumni University of Wyoming alumni 1986 births Novelists from Colorado 21st-century American women writers American women short story writers 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American short story writers {{US-story-writer-stub