Victoria Redel

BA, Dartmouth College. MFA, Columbia University. Author of two books of poetry and three books of fiction. Latest novel, The Border of Truth (Counterpoint, 2007), weaves the situation of refugees and a daughter’s awakening to the history and secrets of her father’s survival and loss. Loverboy (Graywolf, 2001/Harcourt, 2002) was awarded the 2001 S. Mariella Gable Novel Award and the 2002 Forward Silver Literary Fiction Prize and was chosen in 2001 as a Los Angeles Times Best Book. Lover-boy was adapted for a feature film directed by Kevin Bacon. Most recent collection of poems, Swoon (University of Chicago Press, 2003), was a finalist for the James Laughlin Award. SLC, 1996–