Louise Nayer

Born in NYC and now living in San Francisco my book Burned: A Memoir, about a family tragedy and triumph, was recently published by Atlas and Co. and featured as one of Ten Upcoming Titles in O Magazine. I've discussed the book on NPR in Cape Cod and was featured in The Cape Cod Times. The book was recently bought by Audio Books.
I've also written two books of poetry, received six California Arts Council grants and co- wrote, with Virginia Lang, a non-fiction book(Rodale) How to Bury a Goldfish. I've taught writing classes for over 30 years. I'm a full-time Professor of English at City College of San Francisco. Presently, I'm working on a novel and welcome emails from readers and other authors.

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